New Divers Beware: Sketchy dive shop in Cozumel puts profits over safety

[Shepman]

That's an adjective (predicate adjective), not a verb. Mrs. Hanchey (my 9th grade English grammar teacher) would be so proud of me. ;^)

A "sketchy dude" is any older guy who would still wear tie-dyed T shirts.

This thread could be re-titled "Noob diver has tough time equalizing on C dive and gets bloody nose" pretty easily.

I always have some equalizing issues. Antihistimes always do the trick for me. I take some spray and pills in my dive bag in the dry box. If I have problems with the ears, I use 'em and it normally clears things up just fine.

For the bloody nose part, take a handful of sea water and wipe your face off before you get back in the boat. It looks better that way

 

[nimoh]

That's an adjective (predicate adjective), not a verb. Mrs. Hanchey (my 9th grade English grammar teacher) would be so proud of me. ;^)

"that is sketchy, dude" is an example of a descriptive adjective. "that is one sketchy dude" would be an example of a predicate adjective.

I have been trying to come up with an example of using sketchy as a verb without any success, but not willing to concede that it is impossible though

Also, I have never been happier to see a thread get hijacked into a totally different direction

 

[ggunn]

"that is sketchy, dude" is an example of a descriptive adjective. "that is one sketchy dude" would be an example of a predicate adjective.

I have been trying to come up with an example of using sketchy as a verb without any success, but not willing to concede that it is impossible though

Also, I have never been happier to see a thread get hijacked into a totally different direction

I disagree. Your sentence "That is one sketchy dude" demonstrates "sketchy" as an attributive (descriptive) adjective, since "sketchy" precedes "dude" and modifies it. In the sentence "That dude is sketchy", "sketchy" is a predicate adjective because it is separated from the noun it modifies by the linking verb "is". See predicative adjective - definition and examples of predicative adjectives in English

I can't come up with way to use "sketchy" as a verb, either.

 

[nimoh]

In the sentence "that is sketchy dude", "sketchy" modifies "that" and not "dude".

In order to make it modify "dude", the sentence would to be changed to something like

That is a sketchy dude
or
That is one sketchy dude

 

[Darol]

Shepman said:

A "sketchy dude" is any older guy who would still wear tie-dyed T shirts.

This guy is "Sketchy" known to wear tie-dyed T shirts when he smokes weed.:hippy:

 

[ggunn]

A "sketchy dude" is any older guy who would still wear tie-dyed T shirts.

Hey! I resemble that remark! ;^)

 

[ggunn]

In the sentence "that is sketchy dude", "sketchy" modifies "that" and not "dude".

In order to make it modify "dude", the sentence would to be changed to something like

That is a sketchy dude
or
That is one sketchy dude

Or "that dude is sketchy", but whether it modifies the pronoun "that" or the noun "dude", it's a predicate adjective since it follows a linking verb and modifies a noun or pronoun preceding the verb.

How many angels can dance on that pin. anyway?

 

[cvchief]

Why to I heard the sound inhalation and then the Gun saying this while holding his breath:

Or "that dude is sketchy", but whether it modifies the pronoun "that" or the noun "dude", it's a predicate adjective since it follows a linking verb and modifies a noun or pronoun preceding the verb.

How many angels can dance on that pin. anyway?

I think it was more interesting when I imagined him doing that and saying:

Dude, it ain't sketchy; when you play the album backwards it says Paul is dead.

 

[boulderjohn]

Or "that dude is sketchy", but whether it modifies the pronoun "that" or the noun "dude", it's a predicate adjective since it follows a linking verb and modifies a noun or pronoun preceding the verb.

How many angels can dance on that pin. anyway?

This former English teacher declares Gordon the winner. Whether an adjective is a predicate adjective or just a plain old adjective depends upon the sentence structure. In this case, the subject of the sentence is "That." An adjective in the predicate of the sentence that describes the subject is a predicate adjective. The sentence pattern in this case is N-LV-ADJ.

 

[Shepman]

Hey! I resemble that remark! ;^)

Took you awhile to respond, "Pop" Gunn!