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A teacher of English has sent in this query: “The participles of certain verbs function as adjectives in sentences. Many students find it difficult to distinguish between the adjectival and verbal ...

A reader from Coimbatore has sent in this query: “Is it possible for a verb to function as an adjective? Please explain it with some examples.” An adjective is a word that describes (modifies) a noun.

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The March issue of The Walrus, Canada’s leading general-interest magazine, features an ad for a speech by a blond, smiling young man named Eric Termuende. His talk is entitled “Connecting the Dots on ...

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In the revision of the NHK’s accent dictionary to “NHK’s New Dictionary of Japanese Pronunciation and Accentuation” (published in May 2016), the results of a survey series targeting announcers were ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper investigates the derivational relationship between adjectives and verbs in Mandarin Chinese describing related state, change of ...