What is the type of an adjective “fed up”
Recently, I stumbled upon a phrase "fed up" in one sentence. On the first glance, I was thinking it should be a phrasal verb but it didn't correlate with the sentence meaning. I found out that it is an adjective with the meaning: "Unable or unwilling to put up with something any longer".
It seems to be a compound adjective greatly explained here - https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Compound-Adjectives.htm, like a combination of a past participle and a preposition.
Now, I'm in a mess - what the difference between compound adjectives like that and phrasal verbs.
Do you know any other compound adjectives that resemble phrasal verbs?
grammar adjectives compound-adjectives
asked Dec 21 at 12:43
Ilya Zlobin
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Recently, I stumbled upon a phrase "fed up" in one sentence. On the first glance, I was thinking it should be a phrasal verb but it didn't correlate with the sentence meaning. I found out that it is an adjective with the meaning: "Unable or unwilling to put up with something any longer".
It seems to be a compound adjective greatly explained here - https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Compound-Adjectives.htm, like a combination of a past participle and a preposition.
Now, I'm in a mess - what the difference between compound adjectives like that and phrasal verbs.
Do you know any other compound adjectives that resemble phrasal verbs?
grammar adjectives compound-adjectives
asked Dec 21 at 12:43
Ilya Zlobin
345
I don't think it's common in AmE, but BrE speakers often express the same sentiment by saying they've had a gut full of / ...[gutfull... / ...gutful... of [whatever they're fed up with].
– FumbleFingers
Dec 21 at 12:59
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It's an idiomatic adjective, so it can't be a verbal idiom (your phrasal verb). The two words "fed and up" are inseparable, so I suppose we could call it a complex word. Compound adjectives are single words, often hyphenated, but not entirely separate. For example, "greenhouse" is a compound noun, but "green house" is a syntactic construction (head + attributive modifier).
– BillJ
Dec 21 at 13:21
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Recently, I stumbled upon a phrase "fed up" in one sentence. On the first glance, I was thinking it should be a phrasal verb but it didn't correlate with the sentence meaning. I found out that it is an adjective with the meaning: "Unable or unwilling to put up with something any longer".
It seems to be a compound adjective greatly explained here - https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Compound-Adjectives.htm, like a combination of a past participle and a preposition.
Now, I'm in a mess - what the difference between compound adjectives like that and phrasal verbs.
Do you know any other compound adjectives that resemble phrasal verbs?
grammar adjectives compound-adjectives
asked Dec 21 at 12:43
Ilya Zlobin
345
Recently, I stumbled upon a phrase "fed up" in one sentence. On the first glance, I was thinking it should be a phrasal verb but it didn't correlate with the sentence meaning. I found out that it is an adjective with the meaning: "Unable or unwilling to put up with something any longer".
It seems to be a compound adjective greatly explained here - https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Compound-Adjectives.htm, like a combination of a past participle and a preposition.
Now, I'm in a mess - what the difference between compound adjectives like that and phrasal verbs.
Do you know any other compound adjectives that resemble phrasal verbs?
grammar adjectives compound-adjectives
grammar adjectives compound-adjectives
asked Dec 21 at 12:43
Ilya Zlobin
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asked Dec 21 at 12:43
Ilya Zlobin
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asked Dec 21 at 12:43
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Ilya Zlobin
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I don't think it's common in AmE, but BrE speakers often express the same sentiment by saying they've had a gut full of / ...[gutfull... / ...gutful... of [whatever they're fed up with].
– FumbleFingers
Dec 21 at 12:59
1
It's an idiomatic adjective, so it can't be a verbal idiom (your phrasal verb). The two words "fed and up" are inseparable, so I suppose we could call it a complex word. Compound adjectives are single words, often hyphenated, but not entirely separate. For example, "greenhouse" is a compound noun, but "green house" is a syntactic construction (head + attributive modifier).
– BillJ
Dec 21 at 13:21
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I don't think it's common in AmE, but BrE speakers often express the same sentiment by saying they've had a gut full of / ...[gutfull... / ...gutful... of [whatever they're fed up with].
– FumbleFingers
Dec 21 at 12:59
1
It's an idiomatic adjective, so it can't be a verbal idiom (your phrasal verb). The two words "fed and up" are inseparable, so I suppose we could call it a complex word. Compound adjectives are single words, often hyphenated, but not entirely separate. For example, "greenhouse" is a compound noun, but "green house" is a syntactic construction (head + attributive modifier).
– BillJ
Dec 21 at 13:21
I don't think it's common in AmE, but BrE speakers often express the same sentiment by saying they've had a gut full of / ...[gutfull... / ...gutful... of [whatever they're fed up with].
– FumbleFingers
Dec 21 at 12:59
I don't think it's common in AmE, but BrE speakers often express the same sentiment by saying they've had a gut full of / ...[gutfull... / ...gutful... of [whatever they're fed up with].
– FumbleFingers
Dec 21 at 12:59
1
1
It's an idiomatic adjective, so it can't be a verbal idiom (your phrasal verb). The two words "fed and up" are inseparable, so I suppose we could call it a complex word. Compound adjectives are single words, often hyphenated, but not entirely separate. For example, "greenhouse" is a compound noun, but "green house" is a syntactic construction (head + attributive modifier).
– BillJ
Dec 21 at 13:21
It's an idiomatic adjective, so it can't be a verbal idiom (your phrasal verb). The two words "fed and up" are inseparable, so I suppose we could call it a complex word. Compound adjectives are single words, often hyphenated, but not entirely separate. For example, "greenhouse" is a compound noun, but "green house" is a syntactic construction (head + attributive modifier).
– BillJ
Dec 21 at 13:21
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Past participles, hold a sense of being acted upon and when single, are used attributively. They have their predicative uses as well.
- I am tired.( It tires me )
When it is a group verb/ phrasal verb the particle attached to it modulates the meaning. It has also attrubutive or predicative use.
The police was beefed up(by...)
Forms are filled in (by...)
Filled in forms are being scrutinized
I was fed up (with...){The system fed up me.}
The rules are adhered to.(by... )
It can as well be marked that the constructions are in a sense passive. The convention has the final say as to the predicative or attributive use, none else. They are participle adjectives.
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Past participles, hold a sense of being acted upon and when single, are used attributively. They have their predicative uses as well.
- I am tired.( It tires me )
When it is a group verb/ phrasal verb the particle attached to it modulates the meaning. It has also attrubutive or predicative use.
The police was beefed up(by...)
Forms are filled in (by...)
Filled in forms are being scrutinized
I was fed up (with...){The system fed up me.}
The rules are adhered to.(by... )
It can as well be marked that the constructions are in a sense passive. The convention has the final say as to the predicative or attributive use, none else. They are participle adjectives.
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Past participles, hold a sense of being acted upon and when single, are used attributively. They have their predicative uses as well.
- I am tired.( It tires me )
When it is a group verb/ phrasal verb the particle attached to it modulates the meaning. It has also attrubutive or predicative use.
The police was beefed up(by...)
Forms are filled in (by...)
Filled in forms are being scrutinized
I was fed up (with...){The system fed up me.}
The rules are adhered to.(by... )
It can as well be marked that the constructions are in a sense passive. The convention has the final say as to the predicative or attributive use, none else. They are participle adjectives.
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Past participles, hold a sense of being acted upon and when single, are used attributively. They have their predicative uses as well.
- I am tired.( It tires me )
When it is a group verb/ phrasal verb the particle attached to it modulates the meaning. It has also attrubutive or predicative use.
The police was beefed up(by...)
Forms are filled in (by...)
Filled in forms are being scrutinized
I was fed up (with...){The system fed up me.}
The rules are adhered to.(by... )
It can as well be marked that the constructions are in a sense passive. The convention has the final say as to the predicative or attributive use, none else. They are participle adjectives.
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Past participles, hold a sense of being acted upon and when single, are used attributively. They have their predicative uses as well.
- I am tired.( It tires me )
When it is a group verb/ phrasal verb the particle attached to it modulates the meaning. It has also attrubutive or predicative use.
The police was beefed up(by...)
Forms are filled in (by...)
Filled in forms are being scrutinized
I was fed up (with...){The system fed up me.}
The rules are adhered to.(by... )
It can as well be marked that the constructions are in a sense passive. The convention has the final say as to the predicative or attributive use, none else. They are participle adjectives.
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I don't think it's common in AmE, but BrE speakers often express the same sentiment by saying they've had a gut full of / ...[gutfull... / ...gutful... of [whatever they're fed up with].
– FumbleFingers
Dec 21 at 12:59
1
It's an idiomatic adjective, so it can't be a verbal idiom (your phrasal verb). The two words "fed and up" are inseparable, so I suppose we could call it a complex word. Compound adjectives are single words, often hyphenated, but not entirely separate. For example, "greenhouse" is a compound noun, but "green house" is a syntactic construction (head + attributive modifier).
– BillJ
Dec 21 at 13:21