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He's major. OR He's a major.
I guess the latter one is correct, but in the movie, one of the characters says "he's major."
"He had a great run at OOO. And I get it. He's major."
So here 'major' means important?
If it means 'important', is it okay to use it solely like that without any noun?
(frex, a major problem, a major factor, etc.)
Thank you. :)
2020년 7월 10일 오전 10:03
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Hello Phew!
I think that "major" in this context could come form the term "major league" which originates from "being in the major leagues" which means being in the highest-ranking league in a particular professional sport, especially baseball. This was obviously used to describe sporting achievements but if you say that "something/someone is major league" it means that it/they are very special and a shortened way of saying this is "major". So if something/someone is "major" then it means that thing/person is very special or important. I would say this is slang, though and not really proper English.
If you use "major" as an adjective then it is the same as "big", "large", "huge" or "extreme". For example "major problem", "major accident", "major heart attack", "major surgery".
I hope that helps!
2020년 7월 10일
It's a line from the movie 'Intern' right?
The simple answer is that using 'major' in this way isn't common at all.
We would always use it with an article preceding and a noun proceeding, exactly as you said in your examples.
2020년 7월 10일
Thank you all! The movie is The Intern by the way. :)
2020년 7월 11일
which movie?
2020년 7월 10일
If there’s no any noun after the adjective don’t use “a” :) but remember: major can be a noun in the meaning of military officer for example :)
2020년 7월 10일
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