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*** ""The man, his son and his daughter looked around the isles, compared prices, and bought new shoes, shirts and hats."
*** ""The man, his son and his daughter looked around the isles, compared prices, and bought new shoes, shirts and hats."


=== Consecutive nouns as direct and indirect objects ===
=== Consecutive nouns ===
* nouns can be next to one another in a sentence
* if so, they may represent either:
** indirect + direct objects ("She told her father the truth")
** appositive nouns (the first noun acting as an adjective: "dog food")
** a list of nouns, however, these will be separated by commas ("dogs, cats, and horses")
** possessive nouns (one noun possesses another: "the dog's bone" or "his book")
 
==== Consecutive nouns as direct and indirect objects ====
{{Consecutive nouns as multiple objects}}
{{Consecutive nouns as multiple objects}}


=== Consecutive noun as modifier (appositive) ===
==== Consecutive noun as modifier (appositive) ====
{{Noun as modifier}}
{{Noun as modifier}}
== preposition ==
== preposition ==
* express relationship in time, place, or sequence
* express relationship in time, place, or sequence