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floona
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hi every boady
i want to ask about the word ( genius) the plural (genuises) one of my colleague told me that we can �t make plural for adjectives and it should be genius.
but i found genius as a singular and geniuses as plural..
i chose this word for one of my student �s group in te class (genuises group)
what do you think??? help me please |
20 Nov 2009
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creative no.1
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the word you use could be used as 2 form . adj and noun since noun is countble |
20 Nov 2009
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floona
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what do you mean ??
genuises it �s right and i can use it |
20 Nov 2009
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creative no.1
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yes dear . if you use it as an adjective , it �s far to use it in plural form |
20 Nov 2009
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Zora
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Ok... there are two plural forms to this word... geniuses and genii
geniuses - is used in reference to a person who is extraordinarily smart
genii - is used in reference to who influences people from good or bad... like a mad scientist or a political figure...
Although to be quite honest, probably 95% of the population would use "geniuses" for both... so I would probably just use "geniuses" and not worry about "genii."
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20 Nov 2009
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douglas
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"yes dear . if you use it as an adjective , it �s far to use it in plural form"
It seems to me that:
When you use genius as an adjective "it was a genius idea" it doesn �t have a plural form. The plural form is only used when genius is used as a noun: "There are two geniuses posting on this thread."
hmm...or should it be "an ingenius idea"....hmmmm?,
Linda--thanks, I learned something new
Douglas |
20 Nov 2009
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