Is the word definite actually right to be used in your sentence? When people begin to answer “absolutely correct”, or the “one

single answer” is the actual question.

Is the word definite actually right to be used in your sentence? When people begin to answer “absolutely correct”, or the “one

single answer” is the actual question.

Is the word definite actually right to be used in your sentence? When people begin to answer “absolutely correct”, or the “one

single answer” is the actual question.

Is the word definite actually right to be used in your sentence? When people begin to answer “absolutely correct”, or the “one

single answer” is the actual question.

Is the word definite actually right to be used in your sentence? When people begin to answer “absolutely correct”, or the “one

single answer” is the actual question.

Is the word definite actually right to be used in your sentence? When people begin to answer “absolutely correct”, or the “one

single answer” is the actual question.

In this is a case of the author using adjectives as nouns as a sort of grammatical liberty, as you suggested.

If you can’t buy your kids

clever implies that “clever” is some sort of object, presumably the state of your kids being clever. AND

you’re probably buying them miserable

means that “miserable” is the same sort of object, again, the state of your kids being miserable.

If you wanted to give the perfect grammatical version, you could

say, You can’t buy your children cleverness, but by sending them to some hideous Holland Park hothouse, you’re probably buying them misery.

Which is mostly what you thought in your question?

In this is a case of the author using adjectives as nouns as a sort of grammatical liberty, as you suggested.

If you can’t buy your kids

clever implies that “clever” is some sort of object, presumably the state of your kids being clever. AND

you’re probably buying them miserable

means that “miserable” is the same sort of object, again, the state of your kids being miserable.

If you wanted to give the perfect grammatical version, you could

say, You can’t buy your children cleverness, but by sending them to some hideous Holland Park hothouse, you’re probably buying them misery.

Which is mostly what you thought in your question?

In this is a case of the author using adjectives as nouns as a sort of grammatical liberty, as you suggested.

If you can’t buy your kids

clever implies that “clever” is some sort of object, presumably the state of your kids being clever. AND

you’re probably buying them miserable

means that “miserable” is the same sort of object, again, the state of your kids being miserable.

If you wanted to give the perfect grammatical version, you could

say, You can’t buy your children cleverness, but by sending them to some hideous Holland Park hothouse, you’re probably buying them misery.

Which is mostly what you thought in your question?