Question

In the given sentence, the underlined phrase acts as a noun. State whether true or false:
The intelligent are humble and polite.
A. True
B. False

Answer 1

Hint: Nouns are basically the names of person, places or thing in English. For example, nouns are ‘pen’ or ‘Lion’. Whereas the adjective is used to represent nouns. This is also called the noun phrase. So, when we shorten a noun phrase it occurs.

Complete answer:
In the given sentence, “The intelligent are humble and polite” where in the phrase “The intelligent” acts as a shortened version of the noun phrase. Here the adjective is ‘intelligent’ and the word ‘the’ is used to represent a group of people who are intelligent. In the sentence ‘the’ becomes a very important part that converts the adjective into a noun that converts the adjective into a noun that represents a group in general. The adjectives are always in the plural and take a plural verb and adjective would be ‘are’. Hence, ‘The intelligent’ acts as a noun and therefore, the correct answer is Option A True.
Option B is False because in the given sentence ‘’The intelligent are humble and polite’’ the underlined phrase ‘’the intelligent’’ acts as a noun.

So, the correct option is option A.

Note: An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes its referent. Its semantic role is to change information given by the noun. Some of the examples of adjectives are “Ben is an adorable baby”, Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt and” This shop is much nicer”.