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* when there are consecutive nouns (not a list of nouns separated by commas), i.e., one after the other, the nouns are either multiple objects (one direct, the other indirect) or one noun is modifying the other | * when there are consecutive nouns (not a list of nouns separated by commas), i.e., one after the other, the nouns are either multiple objects (one direct, the other indirect) or one noun is modifying the other | ||
** ex., "The pitcher threw the batter a hardball pitch" | |||
*** S: pitcher V: threw IO: catcher ADJ: hardball (appositive noun) DO: pitch | |||
**** could also be expressed as: "the pitcher threw a (hardball) pitch to the catcher" | |||
**** "hardball" = a noun, but here it is describing the direct object "pitch" | |||
**** thus "hardball" is acting like an adjective | |||
* such nouns are called "attributive" nouns | * such nouns are called "attributive" nouns | ||
* attributive nouns modify or qualify another noun | * attributive nouns modify or qualify another noun | ||