Guest  +  23004 Fri, 20 Feb 04 07:28 PM Do you know any company that ships cars for cheap? Guest

	Chameleon  +  23009 Fri, 20 Feb 04 10:40 PM Not quite right... This is better: "Do you know any company that ships cars cheaply?" OR "Do you know any company that ships cars for a low price?" Cheap is an adjective, not a noun. So it cannot be the object of a preposition. Chameleon Joined on Wed, Feb 18 2004 Full Member 174 Prepositions, Nouns

	rommie  +  23048 Sat, 21 Feb 04 12:32 PM Chameleon's answer is spot on, but their explanation isn't entirely accurate. The statement an adjective ... cannot be the object of a preposition isn't always true. For example, "this is beyond ridiculous" is a counterexample. Nonetheless, "for cheap", doesn't make sense, because the specific preposition "for" does not take an adjective. You can, however, say "for less", because then the sentence would really be saying "for less THAN SOMETHING". In fact, this would be a good marketing gimmick, because you're not actually specifying WHAT it's less than. You might mean "for less than a trip to the moon" or something, but your customers are bound to infer "for less than one expects". (Marketing is one profession in which accurate communication is a positive hinderence, and the real goal is to place a lie in the listener's mind, without actually lying). But you're buying, not selling, so I wouldn't recommend this. Rommie rommie Joined on Mon, Jan 26 2004 Earth orbit Regular Member 606 Prepositions

	Chameleon  +  23173 Sun, 22 Feb 04 10:26 PM Fool that I am... I should know better that to make absolute statements when talking about language. You are, of course, correct rommie. Now that you point this out, I can think of many instances where an adjective is the object of a preposition...weird. Chameleon Prepositions

	rommie  +  23195 Mon, 23 Feb 04 09:16 AM Yeah, but it's the word "the" that makes the difference there. It's just a kind of shorthand really. The rich = rich people The poor = poor people The intelligent = intelligent people and so on. So you're right - it's an adjective acting a noun, but it's not an adjective acting as an adjective, and it only works if you include the word "the". Rommie rommie Nouns