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).
Problems With Modifiers (1): Nouns Which Function as Adjectives.
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on Thursday, July 23, 2009
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Problems With Modifiers.
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