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What is the name for the grammatical device of putting "not" after a verb to negate it?
Here's a passage (more or less taken randomly) from the American Standard Version of the Bible from 1901:
1 Peter 3:14 (ASV)
14 But even if ye should suffer for righteousness' sake, blessed are ...
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Name for when an adjective modifying a noun changes the class of objects the noun describes
When adjectives modify nouns, usually they restrict the class of objects that the noun refers to.
For example:
Red car
A red car is, in particular, an instance of a car.
However, in specialty ...
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Word for someone who says exactly what they are thinking [closed]
Is there a word for someone who would say exactly what they are thinking. Sort of if there is this boy named Bob, and whenever he has something on his mind he just says it out loud.
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What do you call something that is not first in a sequence?
Is there a word to describe something that is not the first element in a sequence, but can be in any other position? A synonym of "not first", in fact.
This element is __ in this sequence.
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Is there a name for how the Irish use so, so?
There is an Irish English structural usage of the word so, that is I think unique to Ireland.
Are we going to the cinema, so?
Where is the dog, so?
The word so is unneeded and seems to mean '...
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The word for "Those who are notified"
In general usage (and hopefully correct usage) a "notifier" is someone who notifies.
What is the word for the person who is notified?
For example: "Instruct each [X] to respond to the notification ...
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What are adjectives that begin with 'a' called in grammar?
I mean adjectives like: ablaze, afloat, alive, ashore, ...
I did a quick Google search and found that they are called a adjectives. But I do remember that I came across a different denomination in a ...
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Is it okay to say "that which"?
I know that there are certain times to use "that" (for restricting the noun) and certain times to use "which" (for adding information).
How about "that which"?:
Truth is that which conforms to ...
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Word for sentences that make sense when read backwards?
Is there a word for sentences that make sense when read normally or backwards? Example:
"Are you as bored as I am?"
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Noun-adjective pattern name
This is a quick question mainly because I want to remember this word that I saw somewhere on Wikipedia. What is the name for the word structure noun-adjective? For example, director-general, directorS-...
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