summary on english adjectives dear linguists , about a week ago i posted the following query . > i am working on english adjectives . are the following sentences > acceptable ? if acceptable , please mark them with a check . > if not acceptable , please mark them with a cross . if uncertain > or dubious , please mark them with a question mark . any > comment is welcome . > > ( 1 ) john was careful to lock the door . > ( 2 ) john was greedy to keep all the money to himself . > ( 3 ) john was worthy to be praised by them all . > ( 4 ) the place is convenient to visit . > ( 5 ) john is jealous that she succeeded . > ( 6 ) john was bored to hear her endless talk . > ( 7 ) john was confused to be told to do so many things at once . > ( 8 ) john was hurt to be insulted . > ( 9 ) i am eager that they should win . > ( 10 ) john was incredulous that mary put it into practice . > ( 11 ) mary is keen that we should go . > ( 12 ) it was heroic of them to oppose the invader . > ( 13 ) john was irresponsible to sabotage his duties . > ( 14 ) it is significant that they worked as volunteers . > ( 15 ) it is sufficient to give him some money . > ( 16 ) it is not suitable to dress casual at a wedding reception . i have received 17 replies . i would like to thank those who gave wme answers and comments . the following is the numbers of informants who indicated respective acceptability in each 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 of discussion and analysis of this data will be presented by professor katsumasa yagi ( kwansei gakuin university , japan ) at the 24th lacus forum to be held at the university of york , toronto , ontario , canada on 2nd august and in his subsequent papers . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - atsuko umesaki ( tezukayama college ) e-mail : sgs03312 @ niftyserve . or . jp umesaki @ tezukayama-u . ac . jp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -