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While you are correct that "eccentricity" as an adjective is a correct usage, OP used it as a singular noun in the preceding sentence, making it ambiguous wheth
by margalabargala 3y ago
While you are correct that "eccentricity" as an adjective is a correct usage, OP used it as a singular noun in the preceding sentence, making it ambiguous whether they are appreciating the British for their eccentricities, or for the particular mentioned eccentricity.
If OP's intended meaning matches the adjective as you describe, then it would be clearer communication to use "eccentricity" in this context.
- DiogenesKynikos 3y agoIt's not really ambiguous at all, unless one is being pedantic. "I like the Brits because of their eccentricity" is perfectly normal English, referring to their overall quality of being eccentric.
- whycome 3y agoThe sentence before it with “an”
- DiogenesKynikos 3y agoYou can technically read it that way, but that's not how I think most native speakers would read it.
- adammarples 3y agoIf you like us for our eccentricity, you'll love us for our pedantry
- rrook 3y ago> OP used it as a singular noun Is that the case? Reads as a possessive adjective to me. The OP likes the Brits because of the characteristic that they possesse.
- rrook 3y agoNevermind, as someone else pointed out, it is used as a noun. Still, it's the correct usage in the possessive context.