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** two nouns next to one another (without a possessive) may be direct and indirect objects of a verb and not attributive
** ex. "She gave the man grief"
*** "gave" = the action , the noun "grief" is what was given (direct object) and the noun "man" is to whom the grief was given (indirect object)

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  • nouns can be used to modify or qualify another noun
    • modify = change the meaning of
    • qualify = limit the meaning of
  • called "attributive noun"
    • provides an "attribute" or characteristic or quality to the other noun
    • ex.: "dog food"
      • i.e.: "dog food" = "a type of food that is for dogs"
      • "dog" thereby indicates a type or characteristic of "food"
  • the attributive noun is (almost) always singular
    • = same as with adjectives, which are always in the singular form ("red shoes" as opposed to "reds shoes")
    • as a category or type, the noun must remain singular

click EXPAND for more on exceptions to the singular attributive and for synonymous terms: "appositive" and "adjunct nouns"

  • exception for plural attributive nouns = special words such as "arms race" or "rewards card"
  • possessive attributive noun:
    • ex.: "the National's game"
    • these are often morphed into plural attributive, thus "National's game" becomes "Nationals game", "reward's card" becomes "rewards card", or "lady's night" becomes "ladies night"
  • multiple attributives
    • ex.: "beef dog food" or "
    • news headlines often use multiple attributives, such as "South Park man Kenneth "Kenny" McCormick dies again"
  • other terms for attributive noun:
    • appositive
      • however, appositives may include a phrase (multiple words), whereas here we are treating the attributive noun as a single noun used as an adjective
      • see additional entry on appositive
    • compound noun
    • noun adjunct
  • see:
  • note:
    • two nouns next to one another (without a possessive) may be direct and indirect objects of a verb and not attributive
    • ex. "She gave the man grief"
      • "gave" = the action , the noun "grief" is what was given (direct object) and the noun "man" is to whom the grief was given (indirect object)