Thread: Are they nouns, verbs or adjectives?
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Old 18-Dec-2007, 02:39
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Default Re: Are they nouns, verbs or adjectives?
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Originally Posted by Hi_there_Carl View Post
In your example "bursts and busts" are adjectives because they modify the noun "energy" by describing, identifying, or quantifying.
No! "bursts" and "busts" are nouns. The first "energy" is an adjective; the second "energy" is a noun.
Last edited by 2006; 18-Dec-2007 at 05:29. Reason: belated recognition that the sentence has two "energy"s
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