Idiot and Idiotic as adjectives

[Giovanni Drugo]

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STOP MAKING IDIOT COMMENTS. Note I didn't say idiotic comments because
that would imply that the lion's share of the idiocy lies with the
comment itself rather than the commentator. No, I mean: STOP MAKING
IDIOT COMMENTS.
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That's the subtle difference?

Suffice to say that it's a surprise for me.

[Giovanni Drugo]

Giovanni Drugo wrote:
> <past>
> STOP MAKING IDIOT COMMENTS. Note I didn't say idiotic comments because
> that would imply that the lion's share of the idiocy lies with the
> comment itself rather than the commentator. No, I mean: STOP MAKING
> IDIOT COMMENTS.
> </paste>

I had an epiphany, could it be "Stop making idiot's comments" or something?

It must be that way. I mean, "idiotic" is an adjective and "idiot" is a
noun.

[Giovanni Drugo]

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We can use a noun as an adjective when it precedes a noun that it
modifies; a mountain bike is a bike designed for riding up mountains.
'Mountain' functions as an adjective modifying the noun 'bike'. The
second noun takes the plural form, while the first behaves like an
adjective and consequently does not, unless the word is normally used in
the plural (sports hall) or refers to people (women footballers).

We use these for well-known things, some can be hyphenated and some are
written as one word.
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http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/noun-as-adjective.html

[Joe/Joey da New York]

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 04:36:19 -0500, Giovanni Drugo wrote
(in article <00260066$0$2229$c3e...@news.astraweb.com>):

Yes, that's it, more or less.

"...idiot comments" are comments made by idiots.

"...idiotic comments" are comments that could be made by anyone, idiot or
genius, that happen to be idiotic.

--
Joe/Joey da New York

English as she is spoken (and sometimes written) in the US