life dedicated

[ostap77]

Would this sentence be accurate? "It indicated a life dedicated to learning and knowledge". I didn't know dedicated could be a noun. I looked it up in the SOED and it says "dedicated" can only be used as an adjective.

 

[bhaisahab]

Would this sentence be accurate? "It indicated a life dedicated to learning and knowledge". I didn't know dedicated could be a noun. I looked it up in the SOED and it says "dedicated" can only be used as an adjective.

In your sentence "dedicated" is not a noun.

 

[ostap77]

Why is it "indicated a life dedicated..." not "life dedication"?

 

[bhaisahab]

Why is it "indicated a life dedicated..." not "life dedication"?

It could be "a life-long dedication" if the wider context supports it.

 

[emsr2d2]

Would this sentence be accurate? "It indicated a life dedicated to learning and knowledge". I didn't know dedicated could be a noun. I looked it up in the SOED and it says "dedicated" can only be used as an adjective.

Does it help if you read it as "It indicated a life which had been dedicated to learning and knowledge"?

 

[ostap77]

Super! Thanks.