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* nouns | * 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 | ||
** modify = change the meaning of | * such nouns are called "attributive" nouns | ||
* attributive nouns modify or qualify another noun | |||
** modify = change or add to the meaning of | |||
** qualify = limit the meaning of | ** qualify = limit the meaning of | ||
* | ** attributive = 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 | * the attributive noun is (almost) always singular | ||
** = | ** = because it is acting like an adjective, which always remains in the singular form ("red shoes" as opposed to "reds shoes") | ||
** as a category or type, the noun must remain singular | ** = 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" | click EXPAND for more on exceptions to the singular attributive and for synonymous terms: "appositive" and "adjunct nouns" | ||
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** [http://myenglishgrammar.com/lesson-12-modifiers/4-nouns-as-modifiers.html Nouns as Modifiers (meg.com)] | ** [http://myenglishgrammar.com/lesson-12-modifiers/4-nouns-as-modifiers.html Nouns as Modifiers (meg.com)] | ||
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