Busca entre varios profesores de Inglés...
553237077
Can we use the word gorgeous as a noun?
Recently ,I saw the TV series<Friends>.There is a sentence 'Hey,gorgeous! How's it going?' in S01E08. Can we use the word gorgeous as a noun what means a handsome man or a beautiful girl?
I can’t find gorgeous as a noun in a dictionary.Can anybody help me?
12 de dic. de 2011 14:22
Respuestas · 6
2
It cannot be used as a noun. In the sentence "Hey, gorgeous!", gorgeous may SEEM like a noun similar to "Hey, Mary!" but it is not. Actually the sentence is incomplete, but it is a common sentence. The full sentence might be "Hey gorgeous woman, good to see you!" "Hey gorgeous girl, look over here!". We can drop all of the other words as in this case the main thought is "you look good" and the other words are understood.
Almost any adjective could replace gorgeous: Hey beautiful, ugly, smelly, shorty, noisy, nosey, etc.
12 de diciembre de 2011
2
No, you can't, because it's an adjective. In the example sentence you gave, it is being used as an adjective, not a noun.
12 de diciembre de 2011
The word gorgeous is actually an adjective if you want to use gorgeous as a noun you have to use the word gorgeousness.
I hope this helps!
12 de diciembre de 2011
¿No has encontrado las respuestas?
¡Escribe tus preguntas y deja que los hablantes nativos te ayuden!
553237077
Competencias lingüísticas
Chino (mandarín), Inglés
Idioma de aprendizaje
Inglés
Artículos que podrían gustarte

Same Word, Different Meaning: American, British, and South African English
22 votos positivos · 17 Comentarios

How to Sound Confident in English (Even When You’re Nervous)
17 votos positivos · 12 Comentarios

Marketing Vocabulary and Phrases for Business English Learners
14 votos positivos · 6 Comentarios
Más artículos
