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Dr. Anton Phibes wrote: "This is really, really [expletive] brilliant," Bono said during the ceremony, using the f-word as an adjective. The speech aired live on the East Coast. The FCC said it received 234 complaints, all but 17 of them from individuals associated with the Parents Television Council, a nonprofit group that monitors programs for adult content. That's an adverb, not an adjective. Um, no; it is modifying "brilliant", which is a noun. Thus it is an adjective. |
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"Richard Cranium" wrote in message om... Ron Hardin wrote in message ... Dr. Anton Phibes wrote: "This is really, really [expletive] brilliant," Bono said during the ceremony, using the f-word as an adjective. The speech aired live on the East Coast. The FCC said it received 234 complaints, all but 17 of them from individuals associated with the Parents Television Council, a nonprofit group that monitors programs for adult content. That's an adverb, not an adjective. Um, no; it is modifying "brilliant", which is a noun. Thus it is an adjective. Brilliant is an adjective in the above sentence as he was not referring to a precious gem. bril·liant adj. Full of light; shining. See Synonyms at bright. Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation. Sharp and clear in tone. Glorious; magnificent: the brilliant court life at Versailles. Superb; wonderful: The soloist gave a brilliant performance. Marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness: a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem. See Synonyms at intelligent. n. A precious gem, especially a diamond, finely cut in So the sentence in question has the following structure. This - pronoun, subject of sentence is - verb, state of being really, really [expletive] - string of adverbs modifying the adjective that follows. [expletive] referred to is a special case where the adverb has been formed from a verb. brilliant - a characteristic and thus an adjective not a noun. It has the same nature as the sentence "John is tired" which uses an adjective to describe John. It is not the nature as the sentence "John is a boy". The first sentence is noun-verb-adjective where the latter is noun-verb-noun. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
"Richard Cranium" wrote in message om... Ron Hardin wrote in message ... Dr. Anton Phibes wrote: "This is really, really [expletive] brilliant," Bono said during the ceremony, using the f-word as an adjective. The speech aired live on the East Coast. The FCC said it received 234 complaints, all but 17 of them from individuals associated with the Parents Television Council, a nonprofit group that monitors programs for adult content. That's an adverb, not an adjective. Um, no; it is modifying "brilliant", which is a noun. Thus it is an adjective. Brilliant is an adjective in the above sentence as he was not referring to a precious gem. bril·liant adj. Full of light; shining. See Synonyms at bright. Relating to or being a hue that has a combination of high lightness and strong saturation. Sharp and clear in tone. Glorious; magnificent: the brilliant court life at Versailles. Superb; wonderful: The soloist gave a brilliant performance. Marked by unusual and impressive intellectual acuteness: a brilliant mind; a brilliant solution to the problem. See Synonyms at intelligent. n. A precious gem, especially a diamond, finely cut in So the sentence in question has the following structure. This - pronoun, subject of sentence is - verb, state of being really, really [expletive] - string of adverbs modifying the adjective that follows. [expletive] referred to is a special case where the adverb has been formed from a verb. brilliant - a characteristic and thus an adjective not a noun. It has the same nature as the sentence "John is tired" which uses an adjective to describe John. It is not the nature as the sentence "John is a boy". The first sentence is noun-verb-adjective where the latter is noun-verb-noun. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
Richard Cranium wrote: Ron Hardin wrote in message ... Dr. Anton Phibes wrote: "This is really, really [expletive] brilliant," Bono said during the ceremony, using the f-word as an adjective. The speech aired live on the East Coast. The FCC said it received 234 complaints, all but 17 of them from individuals associated with the Parents Television Council, a nonprofit group that monitors programs for adult content. That's an adverb, not an adjective. Um, no; it is modifying "brilliant", which is a noun. Thus it is an adjective. Um, no. A noun is a person, place, or thing. "Brilliant" is none of these See http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/...ouns.html#noun .. |
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