For example:
The words - unique and sensitive are adjectives.
can I use the words as in the following manner?
1. I am a unique.
2. I am a sensitive.
2006-07-15 19:25:15 · 11 answers · asked by The Knowledge Server 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Number two is a debatable "maybe."
To phrase it in this way, by saying I am a ...
the ... in question must be a noun.
in some contexts, sensitive might be considered a noun, but it's still poor usage when it is.
Sometimes it's used in a pseudo scientific way, and the grammar is incomplete. By sensitive, they often mean I am "someone sensitive to ..." something like psychic phenomena, or other things others can't "sense."
But on the whole, no these can't be used this way.
You could say i am sensitive or I am unique.
Or you could use the adjective unique and sensitive WITH a noun...
IE, I am a sensitive PERSON. or I am a unique PERSON. "Person" is the noun that is being described by the adjectives sensitive and unique. Without it, the sentences are fragments and incomplete. Ostensibly, you're "describing" nothing.
But if you take out the 'a' then you're not implying you'll be stating a noun that is what he adjectivedescribes it to be.
Instead, in "I am sensitive," "I" becomes the subject of the adjective. So, in essence whatever "I" refers to is what is sensitive. Of course referring to oneself one ises "am" rather than "is." So, "I am sensitive" makes sense to native speakers.
Otheriwise you're leaving the listener hanging... It's like saying "I am a..." and then not completing the sentence.
2006-07-15 19:36:40 · answer #1 · answered by Michael Gmirkin 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
1. I am a unique person (correct)
2. I am unique in nature (correct)
3. I am a sensitive person (correct)
4. I am sensitive in this matter (correct)
5. I am unique (correct)
6. I am sensitive (correct)
2006-07-17 05:02:19 · answer #2 · answered by K.J. Jeyabaskaran K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you need to study "Articles" in the English grammar. Then you will be fine. In this case, never use "a" before adjectives like unique, sensitive etc.
2006-07-16 02:35:33 · answer #3 · answered by smithdisco 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
um u would just have to leave out "A" in both sentences, so instead of being:
1. I am a unique ... it'd be I am unique
or
2. I am a sensitive...it'd be i am sensitive
2006-07-16 02:29:50 · answer #4 · answered by azncutie505 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
1. I am a unique________(i. e. person)
2 I am a sensitive _________(i.e. human being)
An adjective has to have a direct object. Or
delete the a, then you would be correct.
2006-07-16 02:29:50 · answer #5 · answered by ~^~^~^~^ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you end those sentences with the word "person".
I am a unique person, a sensitive person.
2006-07-16 02:30:16 · answer #6 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no u can not
a does not come before an adjective. but it comes before an adjective and a noun, like i am a sensitive person OR i am sensitive
2006-07-16 02:28:13 · answer #7 · answered by ___ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once knew a chinese girl who had a similar problem with the word the.
She say things like, Do you want to go play the tennis?
She couldn't understand why we would say,
I like to watch tennis.
in contrast to
The tennis match was fun to watch.
We never had a good explanation for her.
2006-07-16 02:38:02 · answer #8 · answered by Poncho Rio 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adjectives modify nouns and are placed before a noun.
In your sentences "A" is also an adjective, so it can't modify another adjective.
2006-07-16 02:31:09 · answer #9 · answered by a_phantoms_rose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remove the "a" in both sentences and they will then be correct.
2006-07-16 02:28:48 · answer #10 · answered by ichibandad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋