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It's an adjective used as a noun:
The rich get rich and the poor get poorer.
'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' is one of the best Westerns ever made.
Her beautiful today surprises me.-- I suppose that this is OK, but it seems quite awkward to me. In any case, it obviously refers to the fact that she is beautiful for today only.
Her beauty surprises me.-- She is always beautiful; it is a permanent quality.
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| #3 (permalink) Fri Feb 29, 2008 16:42 pm What is substantivised adj? |
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The rich get rich and the poor get poorer.
'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' is one of the best Westerns ever made.
==>> I am quite used to this usage, but "Her beautiful" is so strange for me. Are you sure it is right in standard English?
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| #4 (permalink) Sat Mar 01, 2008 0:17 am What is substantivised adj? |
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It's not a substantivised adjective. Her (being) beautiful today surprises me.
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| #5 (permalink) Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:16 am What is substantivised adj? |
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So you mean the sentence "Her beautiful today surprises me" is completely wrong?
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| #6 (permalink) Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:47 am What is substantivised adj? |
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No, it's just not a substantivized adjective.
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| #7 (permalink) Sat Mar 01, 2008 8:02 am What is substantivised adj? |
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Then what is it? Could you please what kind of sentence (or syntax) it is?
And please give me some more examples if possible
Thank you so much :)
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| #8 (permalink) Sun Mar 02, 2008 16:38 pm What is substantivised adj? |
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The sentence sounds so strange...
Please give me a clearer explaination and some more examples of this kind
Thank you very much.
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| Her beautiful today surprises me.-- I suppose that this is OK, but it seems quite awkward to me. |
Hi Nessie
Mister Micawber has already said that he finds the usage quite awkward. I agree. I would not recommend trying to imitate it, and don't see any good reason to post further examples of an awkward usage.
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