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** proper nouns are capitalized | ** proper nouns are capitalized | ||
=== noun modifying another noun === | === noun modifying another noun (attributive noun) === | ||
{{Noun as modifier}} | {{Noun as modifier}} | ||
* SAT Writing test questions on attributive nouns: | * SAT Writing test questions on attributive nouns: | ||
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D) officials are taking away students' | D) officials are taking away students' | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
* elimination | * elimination: | ||
** x A) the noun "official's" incorrectly possesses the verb "are" (see possessive nouns for more) | ** x A) the noun "official's" incorrectly possesses the verb "are" (see possessive nouns for more) | ||
** x B) "students choice" = an incorrect plural form of the attributive noun "student" (student choice = the kind of choice for students) | ** x B) "students choice" = an incorrect plural form of the attributive noun "student" (student choice = the kind of choice for students) | ||
* we now have the distinction between C) student's (singular possessive) D) students' (plural possessive) | * we now have the distinction between C) student's (singular possessive) D) students' (plural possessive) | ||
** thus we match the correct D) students' to "By requiring students" from the sentence | ** thus we match the correct D) students' to "By requiring students" from the sentence | ||
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* note that when two nouns are next to one another without apostrophes (possessive forms), it is not necessarily an attributive noun | |||
** it could also be two nouns juxtaposed as direct and indirect objects | |||
click EXPAND for an example of how two nouns next to one as direct and indirect objects not possessive or attributive nouns [[https://collegereadiness.collegeboard.org/pdf/sat-practice-test-10.pdf CB Writing practice test 10, question 36]]: | |||
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<pre>Tuition-reimbursement programs signal that employers offer their [36] [workers' opportunities] for personal and professional development. </pre> | |||
A) workers' opportunities [NO CHANGE] | |||
B) workers opportunities' | |||
C) workers opportunities | |||
D) workers' opportunity's | |||
* elimination: | |||
** x B) workers opportunities' << "opportunity's" cannot possess the next word, "for" (a preposition); nouns can only possess nouns, so eliminate | |||
** x D) workers' opportunity's << same as B) | |||
* we now have either "worker's opportunities" or "workers opportunities" | |||
** in context, do the "workers" possess "opportunities" | |||
*** reading the sentence, we see that the core SV of the sentence is: "programs offer" | |||
*** the verb "offer" requires an object: what does it offer? = "opportunities" = the direct object of the verb "offer" | |||
*** then we see that "programs offer opportunities" to whom? = "workers" = the indirect object of "offer" | |||
*** therefore we eliminate A) because "workers" do not possess "opportunities", they are being "offered them," so C) | |||
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