adjective inquiry

1) shoppers eager for bargain.

if eager is the adjective , where is the verb?.Why we removed it?

There should be a linking verb in Number 1.

2) The same thing here, plus is it right to write a sentence without the verb:

pick the fruit when ripe.

In Number 2, the verb is pick - the subject (You) is understood without its actually being there.


3) This is easy I guess, giving the adjectives order,

A long, empty stadium.

why not,

A long, and empty stadium.

In Number 3, the comma takes the place of and. You could say A long and empty stadium without the comma.

I don't think they are sentences--They sound like advertisements--or headlines:

Women's clothing half off.

Man kills deer.

These types of word combinations are accepted in advertisements and newspaper headlines--but are incorrect grammatically.

"A long, empty stadium" is a phrase--not a sentence.

You sound like someone for whom English is a second language. If so, you are doing well to notice these things. The English language is very complicated.

You are right, lash.Phrases they are .

Now, I'm not sure about number one.But, for phrase number 2, it should be like this;

pick the fruit when ( it is ) ripe.


Hi bermbits, then when we could use the comma before and.

Thanks

The short answer:

(1) When "and" is a conjunction between two independent clauses, a comma may come before it - She is nice, and she is coming over tonight.

(2) When you have a series, "and" may (optional unless the exclusion changes the meaning) come before the last item: For lunch I had a sandwich, a dreink, and a piece of pastry.

Re: adjective inquiry

"Eager" is indeed an adjective, but adjectives don't modify verbs. Adverbs modify verbs

Compare:
eager (adj.) shoppers (noun)
and
eagerly (adv.) shopping (verb)


This is a sentence, but it is potentially confusing (it's not clear if the fruit or the person picking the fruit is ripe).


The second version is acceptable (cf: the Beatles' "The Long and Winding Road") but the comma is not. A comma can be placed in front of "and" only in a series.

Compare:
The long and empty stadium
and
The long, empty, and lonely stadium.

Thanks Joe. The verb in the sentence should be like this,

pick the fruit when ( it is ) ripe.