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1. Whoever wrote that title should be informed that "illegal" is an adjective...

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Fri Aug 7, 2015, 05:40 AM

Aug 2015

...and that in English, adding an "s" to an adjective doesn't make it a plural noun.

If somebody really likes using naked adjectives as standins for nouns and likes to pluralize said adjectives by adding an "s", they can get away with it a lot easier in Spanish than they can in English.

Doing it in English just makes the person appear illiterate.

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Baker won’t back statewide sanctuary for illegals [View all] unhappycamper Aug 2015 OP

Whoever wrote that title should be informed that "illegal" is an adjective... stone space Aug 2015 #1

Its also a noun Travis_0004 Aug 2015 #2

Using it as a synonym for undocumented immigrants is dehumanizing, much as the disgusting Herald merrily Aug 2015 #3