Problems With Modifiers (1): Nouns Which Function as Adjectives.

Remember that when two nouns occur together, the first noun describes the second noun; that is, the first noun functions as an adjective.

(All of us are foreign [languange] [teachers])

- All of us are foreign
- (noun): languange
- (noun): teachers


Avoid using a plural for the first noun even when the second noun is plural. Avoid using a possessive form for the first noun.

Examples:

Incorrect: May I borrow some (notebooks paper?)
Correct: May I borrow some (notebook paper?)

Incorrect: All (business' students) must take the Graduate Management Admission Test.
Correct: All (business students) must take the Graduate Management Admission Test.

Incorrect: I forgot their (telephone's number).
Correct: I forgot their (telephone number).

Incorrect: There is a sale at the (shoes store).
Correct: There is a sale at the (shoe store).

Incorrect: Put the mail on the (hall's table).
Correct: Put the mail on the (hall table).