Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
adjectives?
Hi,
Are they adjectives?
1) The next day, they find them fallen on Mount XXX.
2) ... came to a man who had been too exhausted to follow him. -- In this case, I think the use of the word "too" gives a clue as to what it is, an adjecitive - agree?
If you have adjectives like below ( I am sure it is), doea that mean it can be used as as an adjective in a pre-noun position? Does it apply to all adjectives in both past and present participle forms?
It has been ringing.
loud-ringing bell
How could you use the participles "fallen" as an adjective that pre-modifies a noun?
Are they adjectives?
1) The next day, they find them fallen on Mount XXX.
2) ... came to a man who had been too exhausted to follow him. -- In this case, I think the use of the word "too" gives a clue as to what it is, an adjecitive - agree?
If you have adjectives like below ( I am sure it is), doea that mean it can be used as as an adjective in a pre-noun position? Does it apply to all adjectives in both past and present participle forms?
It has been ringing.
loud-ringing bell
How could you use the participles "fallen" as an adjective that pre-modifies a noun?
Top answer
-- I think that most grammarians would classify this has a nonfinite clause acting as a sentence adverbial. 2) ... came to a man who had been too exhausted to follow him.
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1) The next day, they find them fallen on Mount ***.-- I think that most grammarians would classify this has a nonfinite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
2) ... came to a man who had been too exhausted to follow him. -- In this case, I think the use of the word "too" gives a clue as to what it is, an adjecitive - agree?-- Yes and no. A case could be made for passiv
1) The next day, they find them fallen on Mount ***.-- I think that most grammarians would classify this has a nonfinite clause acting as a sentence adverbial.
2) ... came to a man who had been too exhausted to follow him. -- In this case, I think the use of the word "too" gives a clue as to what it is, an adjecitive - agree?-- Yes and no. A case could be made for passiv
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