For example, if " bellum " were used adjectivally ( = " warlike " ), there would be the second declension form " bellus " available for the nom . masc . singular, but no apparent feminine form.
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These can be used in the same two ways as the pronoun-derived forms : adjectivally, as in " Jane's office "; and substantivally, as in " that one is Jane's ".
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So, I guess my question ultimately boils down to this : after a TV-show episode has been " broadcast " ( the verb ) . . . can we describe that episode as a " broadcasted " episode ( adjectivally )?
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:: : : : : I would argue that, while technically listed as noun adjuncts, " oak " and " chicken " in " oak chest " and " chicken soup " act adjectivally, and that noun adjuncts are a sub-set of adjectives.
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I think in your first example " talking " is a present participle acting adjectivally, as described at Gerund # Distinction _ from _ other _ uses _ of _ the _-ing _ form . talk ) 16 : 43, 29 January 2015 ( UTC)
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:: : : I understood the distinction to be between whether " coal (-) mining " is used denominally or adjectivally . " Coal mining ( ie . the mining of coal ) occurs in this region " vs . " This is a coal-mining region ".
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This is not really very confusing-- it's perfectly commonplace to refer to a device in terms of its most important part, or to name it by using its most important part adjectivally-- and hardly needs calling attention to .-- Anonymous, 03 : 13 UTC, October 3, 2008.
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However the second case is distinct; such sentences are not passive voice, because the participle is being used adjectivally; Such constructs are sometimes called " false passives " or " stative " ( or " static ", or " resultative " ) passives, since they represent a state or result.
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The Oxford English Dictionary, which traces factoid from 1973 to 1992, defines it as " something that becomes accepted as a fact, although it is not ( or may not be ) true " and, adjectivally, as " quasi-factual . . . designating a a mixture of fact and supposition ."
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I regard the word as an abstract noun, like'rehearsal','renewal'and'committal': I am surprised to find dictionaries listing it as an adjective only, since I cannot think of a context in which I would use it adjectivally . ( I would construe'archival system'as'system for archival').
