We both thought that this novel was one of the finest "books" we have ever read.
2006-12-20 05:09:59 · 6 answers · asked by pippy l 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It is a collective noun??
2006-12-20 05:13:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quotes around the word "books" would suggest that the novel wasn't actually a book, but people just said it was. You might use this if you didn't like the book or were making a sarcastic remark.
Example: When I go to the library, I like to read real books, like War and Peace, not John Henry's so-called "books."
2006-12-20 05:24:10 · answer #2 · answered by clvcpoet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this novel is your subject.....of the finest books is a prepositional phrase....so your word is the noun of a prepostional phrase and is defined as
a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word.....of the finest books has an adjectival relation as it describes the subject this novel
edit...i assume you placed the quotation around books because you wanted to know what part of speech the word books was in this sentence
2006-12-20 07:40:01 · answer #3 · answered by cookiesmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think it meant it wasn't an actual book. Maybe it was a transcript or a proof copy of a book in progress.
2006-12-20 05:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by jerrys_love 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
note contained in the "___" is basically as "called"...or "called as". Signifying this particular note would or not be referring to some thing that's of a few thing diverse not by way of the indisputable fact that is.
2016-12-01 00:20:21 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that it means that whatever they were reading was loosely defined as a book. Maybe it was really a magazine of journal.
2006-12-20 05:18:42 · answer #6 · answered by Christine T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋