Another adjective test besides "very": "more exciting.
Martha
On Tue, Nov 8, 2011 02:54 PM, "Myers, Marshall" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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Scott,
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>I concur with Bill.
>
>"Interesting" and "boring" are also seen as
>"exciting" is.
>
>Marshall
>
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>Scott --
>
>I'd say it was an adjective, of the type that's made out of a verb (if the
>class has talked in some way about participles, with or without the term
>actually being used). You can put "very" in front of it easily,
>which supports the idea that it's an adjective or adverb, and you can rule out
>adverb fairly easily too (it's not movable, you should be able to say
>"excitingly" there if it were an adverb, etc.). If the class
>hasn't talked about verb forms being used as adjectives, maybe this would be a
>good place to bring it up. You can nudge the word verbwards by adding something
>interpretable only as an object: "What had been exciting everyone now just
>made them confused" (but then the "very" test bombs).
>
>If you're talking about grammatical role, it's a subject complement inside a
>wh-clause acting as subject... but I was guessing that seventh grade probably
>hasn't focused much on nominal clauses and embedding.
>
>--- Bill Spruiell
>
>From: Scott Woods <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
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>Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 09:59:33 -0800
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>Subject: grammar question--verb v. participle
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>Dear List,
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>How would you describe "exciting" in the following sentence?
>
><What had been exciting gave her a feeling of dazed helplessness.>
>
>How would you explain your reasoning to 7th graders?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Scott Woods
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