Tuesday, March 18, 2008

The use of adjectives as plural nouns

In English, adjectives can sometimes be used to denote plural nouns. This can be done by adding 'the' in front of them.

The following are some of these examples:

1 The elderly = old people

2 The poor = poor people

3 The rich = rich people

4 The underprivileged = less fortunate people

5 The young = youngsters

6 The talented = talented people

7 The handicapped = handicapped people

8 The blind = blind people

9 The dead = dead people

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