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correct term?
« on: September 17, 2012, 04:45:27 pm »
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Yesterday i worked hard

is this an example of an adverbial phrase?
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2012, 04:56:21 pm »
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yesterday and hard are adverbial, but 'i worked' isn't. it's a noun phrase ('i'), and a verb phrase ('worked')
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #2 on: September 17, 2012, 05:13:40 pm »
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oh ok thanks :)
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2012, 05:41:59 pm »
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another grammar issue,

happy people, adjective phrase or noun phrase?
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2012, 06:09:25 pm »
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^ Noun phrase I think (studied this sort of stuff in uni).. but you can count happy as an AP
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2012, 06:58:59 pm »
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2012, 06:43:39 pm »
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help again!

this one requires some context.

This is a conversation between a bunch of people discussing the negative aspects of the word "vag****" in the public domain.

So one guy goes, "i prefer saying front bottom" Can i say "front bottom" is a compound (being two words) neologism euphemism? or am i trying to squeeze in metalanguage that doesn't actualy apply?
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #7 on: September 26, 2012, 07:16:44 pm »
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If it was an essay and if you were going to talk about what it is, you might say the euphemism 'front bottom', specifically a compound, ....

Haha I have no idea what neologism is.
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« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2012, 07:33:53 pm »
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thanks!

a neologism is kinda like a made up word. lol
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« Reply #9 on: September 26, 2012, 07:36:10 pm »
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I think it can be a compound and euphemism but not a neologism, since that is a new made up word and technically front bottom isn't made up... I think. Haha :P
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2012, 07:39:43 pm »
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Quote from: RTandon on September 26, 2012, 07:36:10 pm
I think it can be a compound and euphemism but not a neologism, since that is a new made up word and technically front bottom isn't made up... I think. Haha :P

If it isn't part of the norm (do many people know of this term) to use it I think it would be a neologism. Whether it is; this is another story.
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2012, 07:44:48 pm »
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Hmm.. seems problematic, i'd avoid the term neologism in that case
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Re: correct term?
« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2012, 07:48:35 pm »
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Quote from: El2012 on September 26, 2012, 07:44:48 pm
Hmm.. seems problematic, i'd avoid the term neologism in that case

Yeah true. If you really wanted to use it though lol just completely make something up as an example (hehe).
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« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2012, 07:51:37 pm »
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I don't think it is a neologism as 'front' and 'bottom' are already existing words, so it would be just compounding as well as a euphemism.
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« Reply #14 on: September 26, 2012, 08:15:54 pm »
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I was thinking it was a neologism because together "front bottom" together has undergone semantic shift, but true, they aren't new words.

Also, i know i'm going back on what i said eariler but im beginning to doubt myself. is it really a compound? wouldn't that require the words to be directly joined? :S
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