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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 30, 2012 19:19:05 GMT -5
I gave it to you. +1 to Colleenz for #449 (stone) Precisely the opposite. People get intimidated if they feel the problem statement is too complex. They won't even attempt the brainteaser. I hold out hope that people will assume any shortcut that trivializes the problem is off-limits. If they don't, I step in and make clarifications. Is the "land" adjective a different kind of land than the "land" noun? :-\
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 30, 2012 19:42:19 GMT -5
She should have said the helicopter touched-down on the landing pad
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 30, 2012 19:42:59 GMT -5
I bow to your superior knowledge. There was a huge bow on the package. The poor fellow was decidedly bow-legged.
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Post by Colleenz on Aug 30, 2012 19:51:02 GMT -5
I 'm giving karma to mhmkhlmhhmhmhhhmh or something like that for a winning post! (hoping mmhmm can see the humour )
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 30, 2012 19:51:49 GMT -5
+1 K for 'bow', although bowlegged is actually one word.
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 20:42:26 GMT -5
Love(?)
She is such a Luv. (Noun - British spelling) I love chocolate. (Verb) That is my most loved teddybear. (Adjective)
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 20:44:34 GMT -5
Bed My bed is warm and comfy at night. (Noun) Now he's someone I'd like to bed. (Verb) That my friend is an infamous bed bug. (Adjective) That girl has bed head.(Bonus Adjective.
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 20:45:47 GMT -5
Ack. Where's my other post?
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 30, 2012 20:48:43 GMT -5
I 'm giving karma to mhmkhlmhhmhmhhhmh or something like that for a winning post! (hoping mmhmm can see the humour ) ROFL! Whatever you wrote there sounds just like the noise I make when TDC (That Dreadful Cat) wakes me up at 3 in the morning! ;D
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 30, 2012 20:51:03 GMT -5
I'll need a match to light the candle I'll match your fifty and raise you fifty. The game is at match point.
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 21:03:27 GMT -5
I prefer chocolate cake. I can too cake on makeup. That was a cake walk.
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 30, 2012 21:12:20 GMT -5
She carried a very large sign. Sign on the dotted line. I'd like to learn sign language.
There's lots of these! We could go for days!
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 30, 2012 21:18:51 GMT -5
[n] The written word can be difficult to read if you need glasses. [v] I word my sentences carefully so you'll understand what I'm saying. I enjoy playing word games.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 30, 2012 21:24:53 GMT -5
+2K to Optimist (although "cakewalk" is one word, "bed" is a part of the noun "bed bug" [also, it were an adjective, it would be an adjunct noun], and "love" is an adjunct noun when used as an adjective) +1K to mmhmm for 'match' (although again, "match" as part of "match point" is an adjunct noun) Maybe, but no more karma for adjunct nouns. This includes "sign" in "sign language", and "word" in "word games".
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Post by mmhmm on Aug 30, 2012 21:29:29 GMT -5
*sigh* Adjunct nouns act as adjectives by modifying nouns. If they wanna be nouns, they need to get up on their hind legs and be NOUNS!
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Post by Apple on Aug 30, 2012 21:37:01 GMT -5
Do proper nouns count?
I'm going to Boring, Oregon. That was a boring movie. He was boring a hole in the tree.
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 21:42:32 GMT -5
Summer is the hottest season. I like to summer in the Hamptons. She looks best in summer colors.
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Post by Apple on Aug 30, 2012 21:43:09 GMT -5
There is a crack in the sidewalk. Don't crack that plate. He is a crack shot.
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 21:44:21 GMT -5
Fall is my favorite season. I like to season my stew with bay leaf. It has been unseasonably hot this summer. I prefer food in season.
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Post by Opti on Aug 30, 2012 21:48:45 GMT -5
Snow is cold. I am going to snow her with BS. I don't think that color is quite snow white.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 30, 2012 22:08:02 GMT -5
For this renovation, I'll need the right drill. They plan to drill for oil in a few days. His rank was drill sergeant.
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Post by Apple on Aug 30, 2012 22:24:04 GMT -5
Let me pencil your name on the schedule. Don't touch my pencil. She wore a pencil skirt.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 30, 2012 22:24:28 GMT -5
Sure. Just that once, though. +2 K to Apple (boring, crack) +1 K to Optimist for noble attempts Adjunct noun. Adjunct noun. Integral part of a noun. Integral part of a noun. "in season" could be considered a compound adjective. "Season" by itself is a noun in this case. Use the following as a guide: If a) it is a noun, and b) it precedes another noun, and c) it is optional, and d) it has the same meaning as an adjective as it does as a noun, then it is an adjunct noun. Also: If a) it is a noun, and b) it precedes another noun, and c) the sentence doesn't make sense if you insert an adjective between it and the noun, then it is an integral part of a compound noun. For example: "The drill, fat sergeant is mean." (No!) "She was wearing a pencil, beautiful skirt." (No!)
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Post by Spellbound454 on Aug 31, 2012 2:31:59 GMT -5
ok I'll try again She was cut off in her prime....noun He was a prime candidate for election...adjective They want to prime the door....verb The rough with the smooth......noun I'm going to smooth these ruffles....verb A smooth sea...adjective. Off the record.....noun To record one's vote....verb Its been a record year.....adjective.
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Post by Opti on Aug 31, 2012 6:51:53 GMT -5
Fly The fly was buzzing around our food. I plan to fly home for Thanksgiving. He was handsome and fly, he was a fly guy.
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Post by Opti on Aug 31, 2012 6:58:04 GMT -5
Trying to not use adjunct nouns is hard BTW! Light The light from the lamp was bright. I light this candle in honor of my Mom. The dish from the chef was light and airy almost ethereal.
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Post by Colleenz on Aug 31, 2012 8:05:06 GMT -5
Karma for spell because she is *close*
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 31, 2012 12:12:12 GMT -5
The snap on this jacket needs to be replaced. He was told to snap the lid back onto the container. She was quick to make a snap judgement.
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Aug 31, 2012 13:23:44 GMT -5
+2K to Spell ('record' and 'prime') 'Smooth' isn't a noun, although it deserves an honourable mention. The problem is that any adjective can be converted to a noun using the same technique. "You've got to take the crazy with the brilliant." "You've got to take the heartbreaking with the heartwarming." +2K to Optimist ('fly' and 'light') "Fly" was one of the ones I thought of, too. ;D +1K to Lassie ('snap') Some others I came up with: They attempted to compact the compact compact. (As in: they attempted to crush down the small, tightly-contained agreement.) Set up the round table and I'll round up the gang for a round. All is well when I see water well up in a well. When I lost the lost dog, I considered him among the lost. Also, it turns out that the name of one of our very own posters also qualifies, along with a bonus adverb!: n. Lassie is a mod. v. She can lassie stray dogies. a. When it comes to coffee, she prefers lassie sugar to more (or at least this was the case the lassie time I checked.) adv. At lassie was able to get the jar open.
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Aug 31, 2012 13:25:02 GMT -5
;D
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