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English in a Minute

2022-04-04

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Do you have a minute to learn some English? Sam tells us how to turn adjectives into nouns for groups of people in general. Give us 60 seconds and we'll give you the English!
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  • I'm Sam from BBC Learning English and today let's look at how we can change

  • adjectives into nouns when talking about groups of people.

  • In general i'm from england and i can talk about people from my country in two ways english people

  • talk about the weather a lot where i use the adjective english to describe the noun people

  • or i can take the adjective english

  • and turn it into a noun with the the english talk about the weather a lot.

  • You can use this rule to talk about other groups of people as well.

  • For example, the rich have more than the poor.

  • But be careful.

  • Yes, the groups of people are plural.

  • And yes, the verb is plural.

  • But we don't add s to the end of these words.