Select all the adjectives. Don't select any articles (a, an, or the). Ezra started...
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Problem
Select all the adjectives. Don't select any articles (a, an, or the). Ezra started walking dogs as a part-time job so that he could afford to buy a used car.
Answer
part-time, used
Step-by-step solution
1. Identify the task: The goal is to find all adjectives in the given sentence, excluding the articles 'a', 'an', and 'the'.
2. Analyze the sentence: The sentence is: "Ezra started walking dogs as a part-time job so that he could afford to buy a used car."
3. Define adjective: An adjective is a word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
4. Scan for potential adjectives: Go through each word and determine its part of speech.
- "Ezra": Proper noun.
- "started": Verb.
- "walking": Verb (participle used as part of a verb phrase or gerund).
- "dogs": Noun.
- "as": Preposition.
- "a": Article (to be excluded).
- "part-time": This word modifies "job". It describes the type of job. Therefore, it is an adjective.
- "job": Noun.
- "so": Conjunction.
- "that": Conjunction.
- "he": Pronoun.
- "could": Modal verb.
- "afford": Verb.
- "to": Infinitive marker.
- "buy": Verb.
- "a": Article (to be excluded).
- "used": This word describes the car. It tells us what kind of car it is. Therefore, it is an adjective.
- "car": Noun.
5. List the identified adjectives: Based on the analysis, the adjectives are "part-time" and "used".
6. Verify exclusion of articles: The articles "a" and "the" were correctly excluded as per the instructions.