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BronxLens t1_iy5tvtz wrote

was taboo
was a taboo.

Edit: both are accepted

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Great-and_Terrible t1_iy78v5m wrote

Both are correct. Taboo is both a noun and an adjective.

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SolTarot t1_iy93509 wrote

If I use the word taboo as an adjective in a sentence but the sentence structure makes it a noun then I’ve both used it right and wrong at the same time.

Drinking in the 1940s was a taboo [subject]

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