Often participles are
used as adjectives before nouns, but being and been are not used this way.
Less than original, I know, but more and more, I find myself using France
as an adjective rather than a proper noun, a word to emphasize the goodness of things.
Instead, they should be treated
as adjectives describing the character of how God as a whole functions in relation to the world and to the eternal objects.
Their talking points clearly instruct them to 1) use curriculum
as an adjective instead of a noun since «curricular [whatever]» sounds like less than «curriculum,» 2) emphasize the plural so it sounds less uniform, 3) substitute a synonym for curriculum, such as «framework» or «model» so that you avoid clearly stating what you are developing.
Use the Bulletproof Trademarks
only as adjectives modifying the generic term for the product or service and never use the Bulletproof Trademarks as nouns or as verbs.Correct example: BULLETPROOF ® Coffee is a great way to get your day started.Incorrect examples: Drinking bulletproof coffee gives me energy for the whole day.
Muslims must become more involved in the American political process locally, regionally and nationally, Kahn argues in American Muslims, and his use of
American as an adjective before Muslims is instinctive.
It is used to distinguish the plants and the pods from dishes made with them, but purists object to both using chile or
chili as an adjective and to using the word pepper.
Planes, Trains... was basically a PG - 13 film rated R for a single scene in which the F - word is put to extensive, colorful use
primarily as an adjective.
Cursed not only lives up to its
name as an adjective for the production problems, but as a verb — used to describe what the majority of viewers who paid for this dreck did for the film's entire duration.
«Charter» will no longer be
seen as an adjective, a way to describe a type of school, but as a verb, an orderly and sensible process for developing, replicating, operating, overseeing, and closing schools.
The dictionary defines
exotic as an adjective used to describe something originating in a distant foreign country or «of a kind not used for ordinary purposes or not ordinarily encountered.»
According to Garner's Modern American Usage, a phrasal adjective occurs «[w] hen a phrase
functions as an adjective preceding the noun it modifies.»
To be taken seriously by employers, students must stop adding «student» onto the name of their desired
field as an adjective:
10) FLUFF: Lindsay Olson, a recruiter for Paradigm Staffing, defines «fluff»
as the adjectives everyone uses to describe themselves.
Looking to meet a man who is kind and gentle and doesn't drink like a fish and doesn't use the «F «word
as an adjective in every sentence spoken.
Each episode focusses on revising aspects of grammar
such as adjectives, adverbs, verbs (including modal verbs) and nouns (including proper, common and abstract).
This artwork is inspired by the series
Color as Adjective, a series of drawings and paintings that are visual representations of fragmented images, memori...
Going to the web, the definition began with the usual and then proceeded to list over 30 different meanings for the word when
used as an adjective that seemed to provide the right amount of variety for the diversity of the art in this exhibition.
Sean Spicer, then the White House press secretary, later said Trump was using the term «
as an adjective.»
«The president was using
that as an adjective.
When asked what Trump meant, Spicer said Trump was using the word «military»
as an adjective, adding that Trump meant his orders would be carried out «in a very streamlined and efficient manner.»
He makes a good point that he uses the terms «gay» and «homosexual»
as adjectives, not as nouns, as in «gay Christian» or «homosexual person.»
As an adjective 2: exhibiting INDOLENT or APATHETIC INERTIA OR PASSIVITY; especially: MENTALLY OR MORALLY SLACK.
When one's view of God is developed from reading scripture this way, he has to contend with many incongruous statements about God, and the only way to make sense of these is to view
them as adjectives.
I don't think anybody wants to use
it as an adjective for any part of their life, but plenty of moms have had to when talking about their labor and delivery.
I'm looking for a single word that can be used
as an adjective.