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What's the difference between "primal" and "primitive"? What's the difference between "primal" and "primitive"?
Oct 14, 2016 6:20 PM
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Primal is an adverb, so it modifies a verb. Primitive is a pronoun, so it modifies a noun. A Primal Scream. A Primitive Person.
October 14, 2016
He's wrong that's why. Both are adjective in this case. Primitive can also be a noun, but that's it. I guess he's confusing primal with primarily which is an adverb.
October 14, 2016
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