Please guys identify the words between brakets:
1-This object is a (pitchfork)
2- Socrato was (human)
3-This is a (crook)
1-This object is a (pitchfork)
2- Socrato was (human)
3-This is a (crook)
Adjectives or Nouns?
Ya'll are right. The second one is adjective.
The give away is the fact that there's no article.
The give away is the fact that there's no article.
"The give away is the fact that there's no article."
So in the following sentence, "Paris" is an adjective then?
The city was Paris.
And "freedom" is too?
The objective of our struggle is freedom.
(You're right; "human" is an adjective - but your reasoning is flawed.)
So in the following sentence, "Paris" is an adjective then?
The city was Paris.
And "freedom" is too?
The objective of our struggle is freedom.
(You're right; "human" is an adjective - but your reasoning is flawed.)
"Paris" is a proper noun and "freedom" is an abstract noun, so they don't take articles.
"'Paris' is a proper noun and 'freedom' is an abstract noun, so they don't take articles."
So how do you explain the following?
The Paris I love is best seen in the spring.
or
The freedom to express our opinions is a freedom we must never surrender.
So how do you explain the following?
The Paris I love is best seen in the spring.
or
The freedom to express our opinions is a freedom we must never surrender.
It's because the speaker is differentiating between different kinds of Parises. ie, there is a Paris he loves and another that he doesn't love.
There are more than one type of freedom, so you have to specify which one you're talking about by using the definite article.
There are more than one type of freedom, so you have to specify which one you're talking about by using the definite article.
The "freedom" means something different in the second example.
"The objective of our struggle is freedom."
Here, "freedom" refers to the abstract concept of being free.
"The freedom to express our opinions is a freedom we must never surrender."
In this case, however, "freedom" refers to the concrete right to do a certain thing without interference.
"The objective of our struggle is freedom."
Here, "freedom" refers to the abstract concept of being free.
"The freedom to express our opinions is a freedom we must never surrender."
In this case, however, "freedom" refers to the concrete right to do a certain thing without interference.
So, you accept then that you set yourself/yourselves up nicely for a fall by making statements on the English language of dubious authority?
"The give away is the fact that there's no article."
"'Paris' is a proper noun and 'freedom' is an abstract noun, so they don't take articles."
Wrong and wrong again.
"The give away is the fact that there's no article."
"'Paris' is a proper noun and 'freedom' is an abstract noun, so they don't take articles."
Wrong and wrong again.
By the way, freedom is always an abstract concept any way you try to cut it.