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> I think you're technically right but missing what the guy is actually doing. When he says "this isn't about politics" he's not making some naive claim that go
by deaux 9mo ago
> I think you're technically right but missing what the guy is actually doing. When he says "this isn't about politics" he's not making some naive claim that governance exists outside of politics. He's saying "please don't retreat into the red team blue team thing here." And that's a legitimate move.
We've got a great term for the latter, and everyone is already familiar with it. Add the adjective "party". Done.
- luplex 9mo agocontinuing off the tangent, "party" is a noun, not an adjective. In a construction "party politics", it functions _like_ an adjective, but it remains a noun. Similarly, "computer" in "computer games" is a noun that modifies the meaning of the following noun. Modifying nouns like this always are in singular.
- deaux 9mo agoGreat point, thanks for the correction.
- milkshakes 9mo agowhat about "sports betting"
- judahmeek 9mo agoadverbial noun
- cmpb 9mo agoSpecifically this type of modifier is called a "noun adjunct"