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Really

hanuman_2000 — Thu, 24 Mar 2005 03:50:56 GMT

Hello Teachers,

1.He is really a good boy.

2.He is a really good boy.

I want to know that if there is an adjective modifying a singular noun and an adverb modifying that adjective then where I should put the article.

Which one is correct?

Thanks.

Re: Grammar

Casi — Tue, 08 Feb 2005 11:18:44 GMT

1) Derivation often changes the word's lexical category, but not always:

great (adjective) => great+ly => greatly (adverb)
dog (noun) => dog + house => doghouse (noun)

2) Inflection doesn't change the word's lexical category. It adds meaning: number, person, tense:

Number: dog (singular noun) => dog + s => dogs (plural noun)
Person: walk (present verb) => walk +s => walks (3rd person present verb)
Tense: walk (present verb) => walk + ed => walked (past tense verb)

3) Derivation occurs close to the word, whereas inflection occurs outside the derivation:

Derivation: dog (noun) => dog + house => doghouse
Inflection: doghouse (singular noun) => doghouse + s => doghouses (plural noun)

Ungrammatical: dogs + houses => *dogshouses

Above, inflectional -s is added to a noun, and then another noun "houses" is added to that. The result is ungrammatical. First, derivation, and then inflection:

Derivation: dog + house => Inflection: doghouse + s => doghouses

I hope that helps. If not, please let us know.

Re: Meanings of such

Klavier — Tue, 30 Nov 2004 19:41:45 GMT

MrM, I'm sorry but I'm still confused when such modifies a noun, cause I've checked several dictionaries on the net and all have little differences that bother me. So I'll try to make a simple summary of this.

* You put an A before a singular noun, and you don't put an A before an uncountable noun to refer to "the same kind or type" or "to add emphasis". So we have:

There is such beauty and mystery here.
She usually doesn't receive such criticism.

We never saw such a day.
Fred is such a clown!

* On the other hand, when such modifies an adjective or adverb, to refer to "to so extreme a degree", it's the same story, A before countable and nothing before uncountable:

He's such a good athlete.
I've never seen such an exciting film.

They're such good friends.
How could you say such horrible things to me?

Could you check my interpretation?