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There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
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#2
(Original post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
This is year 3 man...smh
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So what is the word "CAR"?
And if an adjective modifies a noun, would that be "RED"?
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(Original post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
There adverb (modifies the verb - where is it? There!)
is verb (describes what is being done - it exists)
a indefinite article (nonspecific determiner - indicates that only one car "is")
red adjective (modifies the noun - the car has a particular property)
car noun (the thing being talked about)
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#7
This is an interesting troll post
This - determiner
is - verb
an - (indefinite) article
interesting - adjective
troll - probably an adjective. Did you know that adjectives have an informally defined order?This is a troll interesting post makes no sense but doesn't violate any actual rules.
post - noun
Just type 'parts of speech in English' into Google
This - determiner
is - verb
an - (indefinite) article
interesting - adjective
troll - probably an adjective. Did you know that adjectives have an informally defined order?This is a troll interesting post makes no sense but doesn't violate any actual rules.
post - noun
Just type 'parts of speech in English' into Google
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#8
They are the basics of English
Edit: Adjective-describing word
adverb-how stuff are done.....basically ly words like softly, quickly
Noun-place or a thing or name.
Edit: Adjective-describing word
adverb-how stuff are done.....basically ly words like softly, quickly
Noun-place or a thing or name.
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(Original post by German123)
They are the basics of English
EditAdjective-describing word
adverb-how stuff are done.....basically ly words like softly, quickly
Noun-place or a thing or name.
They are the basics of English
EditAdjective-describing word
adverb-how stuff are done.....basically ly words like softly, quickly
Noun-place or a thing or name.
Of course I learnt it all in primary school, but jeez, a lot's happened since then...
Knowing it as a fluent speaker is one thing, but when you have to explain it to other people it can get difficult...
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#10
(Original post by lerjj)
This - (definite) article
This - (definite) article
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(Original post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
And if you were a teacher going abroad to teach kids their first ever lessons in English, then you need to make sure you know what you are talking about, hence why I am asking.
Of course I learnt it all in primary school, but jeez, a lot's happened since then...
Knowing it as a fluent speaker is one thing, but when you have to explain it to other people it can get difficult...
And if you were a teacher going abroad to teach kids their first ever lessons in English, then you need to make sure you know what you are talking about, hence why I am asking.
Of course I learnt it all in primary school, but jeez, a lot's happened since then...
Knowing it as a fluent speaker is one thing, but when you have to explain it to other people it can get difficult...
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#12
(Original post by Good bloke)
Ahem. "This" is a determiner, usually a pronoun but can be used as an adverb, and is not an article, definite or otherwise.
Ahem. "This" is a determiner, usually a pronoun but can be used as an adverb, and is not an article, definite or otherwise.
What part of speech is 'dammit', by the way?
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#13
(Original post by lerjj)
Dammit. The 'this' in "this magnet" would be a definite article though I'm assuming?
Dammit. The 'this' in "this magnet" would be a definite article though I'm assuming?
(Original post by lerjj)
What part of speech is 'dammit', by the way?
What part of speech is 'dammit', by the way?
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#14
(Original post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
?There = adverb of place
Is = verb
Red = complement to the "car" (obviously an adjective).
Car = subject (noun)
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(Original post by Isambard Kingdom Brunel)
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
There is a red car.
Please inform me what is what in the sentence above. Is RED the adjective and CAR the noun?
So what's a verb?
But I thought "is" is an adverb
lmao at me rethinking it, which means Idk myself....
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#17
(Original post by Good bloke)
The verb "to be", third person singular: I am; you are; he/she/it is; we are; you are; they are.
The verb "to be", third person singular: I am; you are; he/she/it is; we are; you are; they are.
That's why I love learning new languages, especially English and latin cognates, because you just reintroduce yourself to basic grammar rules that native English speakers normally don't even pay attention to.
I coulda googled that but cheers anyway
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#18
(Original post by *Stefan*)
Are you actually serious
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There = adverb of place
Is = verb
Red = complement to the "car" (obviously an adjective).
Car = subject (noun)
Are you actually serious
?There = adverb of place
Is = verb
Red = complement to the "car" (obviously an adjective).
Car = subject (noun)
? No, the use of 'there' in that sentence is a pronoun, not an adverb.
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(Original post by Jared44)
Are you actually serious?
No, the use of 'there' in that sentence is a pronoun, not an adverb.
Are you actually serious
? No, the use of 'there' in that sentence is a pronoun, not an adverb.
"There" in this case is indeed an existential pronoun, but it acts as an adverb by modifying the verb "to be".
Perhaps less sarcasm can be useful when one isn't sure huh? :P
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#20
(Original post by Jared44)
Are you actually serious?
No, the use of 'there' in that sentence is a pronoun, not an adverb.
Are you actually serious
? No, the use of 'there' in that sentence is a pronoun, not an adverb.
Had the sentence been, for instance, "There is a car on that road", then "there" would have been a pronoun.
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