• mycodesucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Ooh… verbals are another fun one.

    Basically, yes. A gerund IS a noun. A participle is an adjective when used as such. An infinitive is… whatever it feels like being.

    But anyway, to get to the point…

    I won’t claim that “my/his/her…” are purely adjectives, but I will make the claim that they’re as much adjectives as they are anything else.

    • luciferofastora@feddit.orgEnglish
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      8 days ago

      I won’t claim that “my/his/her…” are purely adjectives, but I will make the claim that they’re as much adjectives as they are anything else.

      Fair, but in that case, when the context is fairly clearly about adjectives as opposed to pronouns, saying “Well, actually…” is just pedantic nerdery…

      And I’m so here for it.