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missdaredevil
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 Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 7:13 pm Post subject: part of speech |
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She's a *3-year-old*. Is that a noun?
She's *3 years old. * Is that an adjective?
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Wed Aug 09, 2006 8:40 pm Post subject: |
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| She's a *3-year-old*. Is that a noun? |
Yes. The article a testifies that.
She's *3 years old. * Is that an adjective?
I presume it's an adjective phrase. |
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kerstin
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| Posted: Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:41 am Post subject: |
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| So, she's a three-years old girl? |
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CP
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Once a girl has her third birthday, we say that she is three years old, and we can call her a three-year-old or a three-year-old girl.
Same for boys.
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Bob S.
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| Anuradha Chepur wrote: |
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| She's a *3-year-old*. Is that a noun? |
She's *3 years old. * Is that an adjective?
I presume it's an adjective phrase. |
Yes. Technically it is a predicate adjective since it follows a verb of being. |
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