Re: Grammar question

Why isn't the 1.5-cm the adjective??


"ChrissyPete2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I asked this question on a free grammar site and the answer they gave
was...The
> *size* is approximately 1.5 cm, but the noun "laceration" requires an
> adjective, it would therefore be "an approximate 1.5-cm laceration."
>
> I kept thinking that the approximately and the 1.5-cm estimation needed it
> other to be complete, not that the 1.5 cm was the adjective or the
> approximately was the adverb. I could not get the word "approximately" or
> "approximate" to answer any of the adverb tests alone, i.e. to what extent
or
> how much, etc. To answer how much or to what extent, you need the actual
> measurement and not just the word approximately or approximate. You
wouldn't
> say "The patient comes in with an approximately weight of 125 pounds."
>