Analyze and comment on the following.Comment on the following groups to illustrate the difference between partial and full conversion. Group 1: "white — a white, final — finals" Group 2: "rich — the rich, wounded — the wounded"
IT IS NOT UNUSUAL TO HAVE NOUNS CONVERTED FROM ADJECTIVES. UNLIKE VERBS, NOT ALL ADJECTIVES WHICH ARE CONVERTED CAN ACHIEVE A FULL NOUN STATUS. SOME ARE COMPLETELY CONVERTED, THUS KNOWN AS FULL CONVERSION, OTHERS ARE ONLY PARTIALLY CONVERTED, HENCE PARTIAL CONVERSION.
GROUP 1 SHOWS THE FEATURE OF FULL CONVERSION — A NOUN FULLY CONVERTED FROM AN ADJECTIVE HAS ALL THE CHARACTERISTICS OF NOUNS AND CAN TAKE AN INDEFINITE ARTICLE OR -(E)S TO INDICATE SINGULAR OR PLURAL NUMBER. FOR EXAMPLE, "WHITE" IS AN ADJECTIVE AND "A WHITE" IS A NOUN PHRASE (ARTICLE+NOUN), MEANING A WHITE MAN. "FINAL" IS AN ADJECTIVE AND "FINALS" A NOUN PHRASE (NOUN+S), MEANING FINAL EXAMS OR FINAL COMPETITIONS.
GROUP 2 REVEAL THE FEATURE OF PARTIAL CONVERSION — NOUNS PARTIALLY CONVERTED FROM ADJECTIVES DO NOT POSSESS ALL THE QUALITIES A NOUN DOES AND THEY MUST BE USED TOGETHER WITH DEFINITE ARTICLES. WORDS OF THIS CLASS GENERALLY REFER TO A GROUP OF THE KIND. FOR INSTANCE, "RICH" IS AN ADJECTIVE AND "THE RICH" REFERS TO THE RICH PEOPLE. "THE WOUNDED" REFERS TO THE WOUNDED PEOPLE，ESPECIALLY REFER TO THE WOUNDED SOLDIERS.
