Ever Student
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Hello,
Antonyms divide into the parts below;
1-Can you please give me an example of "the marked antonyms"?
2-To which category does "likely/unlikely "belong?
Antonyms divide into the parts below;
- Complinmentary pairs; the meaning of the word may be partially defined by saying what it is not like dead means not alive.
- Gradable pairs; the negative of one word is not synomous with the other. For example, someone is not happy is not neccessary sad. Another characteristic of many pairs of gradable antonyms is that one marked and the other unmarked. The unmarked member is the one used in questions of degree. We ask "how high is it?"
- Relational opposites; they desplay symmetry in their meaning, like give/recieve, teacher/pupil, employer/employee.
- Redundency rules; like [+single]=[-married]
1-Can you please give me an example of "the marked antonyms"?
2-To which category does "likely/unlikely "belong?