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What it is: The latest import from acclaimed filmmaker Corneliu Porumboiu ( "12: 08 East of Bucharest"), and Romania's official entry for consideration for this year's foreign-language Academy Award, "Police, Adjective" is an absurd black comedy about a young undercover cop (Dragos Bucur) faced with the decision of whether or not to arrest -- and thereby ruin the life of -- a drug-dealing teen.
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Those specifying adjectives commonly called Adjective Pronouns, may be divided into three sorts; the _distributive_, the _demonstrative_, and the _indefinite_.
English Grammar in Familiar Lectures Samuel Kirkham
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Condition of Things, are conjointly an Adjunct World to the Real World of Persons and Things, in the Universe at Large; and taken collectively, it is that domain or aspect of the total Universe which is the scientific echo to or analogue of the Part of Speech called Adjective in the Grammar of Language.
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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The Oblique Case of a Noun Substantive, whether formed by an Inflexion or by a Preposition, is therefore nothing else than a special kind of Adjective, destitute of the property of
Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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As an Adjective, meaning very high quality, very good version of its kind.
LearnHub Activities 2009
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There were prizes in each grade for "the most memorable word or costume, the most original word or costume and the costume or performance that best matched the word," plus Best Overall Noun, Verb, and Adjective.
Archive 2009-06-01 2009
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There were prizes in each grade for "the most memorable word or costume, the most original word or costume and the costume or performance that best matched the word," plus Best Overall Noun, Verb, and Adjective.
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You might have more success with something like [Adjective] Genesis.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Polaris Spark’s Review Forum 2009
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Why you should be interested: It's likely "Police, Adjective" will receive an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign-Language Film, and it has already won two prestigious awards at the Cannes Film Festival and received warm responses from audiences and critics at other major film fests around the world.
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How you can see it: IFC Films opens "Police, Adjective" in NYC, Chicago and the LA area tomorrow, with other cities scheduled for release through April (see here for a list of booked theaters).
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