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Chris Hamilton <chamilton -at- GR -dot- COM> wrote:
>"it comes in a variety of colors, such as red or purple."
>
>In this construction, red and purple are adjectives that describe
>colors.
I know people hate to have their grammar corrected, but in that sentence,
"red" and "purple" are nouns; the words don't describe but rather serve
as examples.
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