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adveture vs adventorous

Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 6:26 am
by hanuman_2000
Sir,

I like to read adveturous books.

I like to read adventure books.

Which one is correct ?

Please comment why adventorous can not be used in (1).

Thanks.

Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2004 9:38 am
by Alan
'Adventurous' means 'loving adventure': clearly books cannot be described in that way!

The normal expression, in any case, is adventutre stories.