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.

(Richard Cranium) wrote in message . com...
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.

Flash to "Robo-Cop,"

"Dick, you're fired!"

"Dit dah dit dah dit dah..." [sound of Morse Academy eliminating Dick]

(Brian) wrote:
"Dit dah dit dah dit dah..." [sound of Morse Academy eliminating Dick]

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM. (sound of cooling fans eliminating brianburke).

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(Richard Cranium) wrote in message . com...
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.

We now have "Ham Radio" magazine, and "73 Magazine" both now defunct.

Would you like the adjective "defunct" in front of ARS???

"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
..

"Richard Cranium" wrote in message
om...

That's an adverb, not an adjective.

Um, no; it is modifying "brilliant", which is a noun. Thus it is an
adjective.

geez, does it really matter? It's the same word... if the FCC is going
to stoop to THAT low of a level to let certain words "slide" now, why not
just do away with all censoring all at once?

it'll degenerate one day to the type of television they have in europe and
australia, where I hear just about anything goes.

Clint