acceptability english adjectives going use different marking system acceptable u unacceptable none unsure also added unacceptable way native seattle dear linguists week ago posted following query working english adjectives following sentences acceptable acceptable please mark check acceptable please mark cross uncertain dubious please mark question mark comment welcome 1 john careful lock door u 2 john greedy keep money ifyou change preposition acceptable 3 john worthy praised 4 place convenient visit 5 john jealous succeeded 6 john bored hear endless talk 7 john confused told many things 8 john hurt insulted u 9 eager win win jproblem using modal 10 john incredulous mary put practice u 11 mary keen go british keen problem wont count deciding acceptable since lexical difference however ues modal wrong way spent year france teaching english french university familiar british system 12 heroic oppose invader u 13 john irresponsible sabotage duties cant sabatoge duties 14 significant worked volunteers 15 sufficient give money u 16 suitable dress casual wedding reception casually received 17 replies would like thank gave wme answers comments following numbers informants indicated respective acceptability sentence acceptable dubious unacceptable uncertain 1 16 1 0 2 7 4 6 3 7 7 3 4 15 1 1 5 13 3 1 6 8 2 7 7 6 3 8 8 7 2 8 9 11 4 2 10 15 2 0 11 11 3 3 12 16 0 1 13 6 3 8 14 17 0 0 15 16 1 0 16 10 1 6 part discussion analysis data presented professor katsumasa yagi kwansei gakuin university japan 24th lacus forum held university york toronto ontario canada 2nd august subsequent papers atsuko umesaki tezukayama college email sgs03312 niftyserve jp umesaki tezukayamau ac jp