Showing posts with label adjective. Show all posts
Showing posts with label adjective. Show all posts

Sunday, January 11, 2009

gal⋅van⋅ic

/gælˈvænɪk/ [gal-van-ik]
–adjective
1. pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
2. affecting or affected as if by galvanism; startling; shocking: the galvanic effect of his speech.
3. stimulating; energizing: Her galvanic presence brought the party to life.

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Remedial is an adjective!

It is incorrect to say, "Do you have remedial?" What we actually mean is "remedial class/lesson", since it is an adjective. Alternatively, you can nominalise it to say "remediation", though that would be a unnecessary mouthful.