Re: The Official Transformers: Animated Discussion Thread!
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2008 3:05 pm
Okay, now you're both wrong.
In this sentence, "Spider-Man is a mutate." The word "mutate" is not being used as a verb OR an adjective. It's being used as a NOUN.
Ignoring the obvious grammatical error in that sentence, the word "mutate" is not showing an action (in this case) or describing a noun, it is a noun!
While both "Spider-Man" and (this incorrect use of) "mutate" are nouns, there is one difference. "Spider-Man" is a proper noun and the other word is (being used as) just an ordinary noun.
It's the same condition if one were to rewrite it as "Spider-Man is a thing". Both "Spider-Man" and "thing" are nouns, but "Spider-Man" is a proper noun and "thing" is another noun.
Another example like this would be "Peter is a man." Both "Peter" and "man" are nouns, but "Peter" is a proper noun and "man" is just a noun.
Now an adjective in this sentence would describe either "Peter" or "man". For example, in the sentence "Peter is a tall man." the word "tall" is an adjective describing the noun "man". Or, in the sentence "Old Peter is a man." the word "old" is an adjective describing the (proper) noun "Peter" (though, it would make a little more sense to write the sentence out as "Peter is an old man." cuz "Old Peter is a man." sounds a little awkward).
Lastly, I'm going to sum up this whole "mutant" deal by saying what Spider-Man truely is, no matter what the form of fiction is: "Spider-Man is a metahuman!"
In this sentence, "Spider-Man is a mutate." The word "mutate" is not being used as a verb OR an adjective. It's being used as a NOUN.
Ignoring the obvious grammatical error in that sentence, the word "mutate" is not showing an action (in this case) or describing a noun, it is a noun!
While both "Spider-Man" and (this incorrect use of) "mutate" are nouns, there is one difference. "Spider-Man" is a proper noun and the other word is (being used as) just an ordinary noun.
It's the same condition if one were to rewrite it as "Spider-Man is a thing". Both "Spider-Man" and "thing" are nouns, but "Spider-Man" is a proper noun and "thing" is another noun.
Another example like this would be "Peter is a man." Both "Peter" and "man" are nouns, but "Peter" is a proper noun and "man" is just a noun.
Now an adjective in this sentence would describe either "Peter" or "man". For example, in the sentence "Peter is a tall man." the word "tall" is an adjective describing the noun "man". Or, in the sentence "Old Peter is a man." the word "old" is an adjective describing the (proper) noun "Peter" (though, it would make a little more sense to write the sentence out as "Peter is an old man." cuz "Old Peter is a man." sounds a little awkward).
Lastly, I'm going to sum up this whole "mutant" deal by saying what Spider-Man truely is, no matter what the form of fiction is: "Spider-Man is a metahuman!"