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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 | ||