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МатематикаВопрос:
68 Gradable and non-gradable adjectives 2 A Some adjectives have both gradable and non-gradable senses. (i) Some adjectives have different senses when they are gradable and non-gradable. Compare: Smith is a very common name. (frequently found; gradable) and We have a lot of common interests. ( shared; non-gradable; not very) The house is very old. (= existed many years; gracable) and I met my old politics professor the other day. (former; non-gradable; not very) Also: civil, clean, critical, electric (= 'exciting' when gradable), empty, false, late, odd, original, particular, straight
Ответ:
На основании предоставленного текста, вот что можно сказать об прилагательных, которые могут быть как gradable (изменяемые по степени), так и non-gradable (неизменяемые по степени):
- Common (общий)
- Gradable: Smith is a very common name. (Здесь "common" означает "встречающийся часто" и может быть измерен.)
- Non-gradable: We have a lot of common interests. (Здесь "common" означает "общие" и не может быть измерен.)
- Old (старый)
- Gradable: The house is very old. (Здесь "old" означает "существующий много лет" и может быть измерен.)
- Non-gradable: I met my old politics professor the other day. (Здесь "old" означает "бывший" и не может быть измерен.)
Также предоставлен список прилагательных, которые могут иметь как gradable, так и non-gradable значения: civil, clean, critical, electric, empty, false, late, odd, original, particular, straight.
Ответ: Выше представлен анализ gradable и non-gradable прилагательных на примерах из текста.
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