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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

adjectival form

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00I heard that when a noun (possibly nouns too?) is used as an adjective, it should be singular, but that doesn't seem to be true for all cases. Only for certain circumstances/situations? Then, when?02br
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00I found these under that heading of "Policies and Procedures" for Human Resources Managment.02br
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00Pllease look all the plural nouns that are used as adjecitves.02br
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00Education, training and skills (not skill??) Development policy -- Why capitalize just "Developement"? 02br
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00Private phone calls policy02br
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00Employment Contrcats policy -- Why capitalize "Employment Contracts" (possibly because there might be an internal document named "Employement Contracts"?? Any other possible reasons you can think of?)02br
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00Gifts, donationas and sponsorship policy 02br
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00Mannagement of payments, receipts and cash resources policy -- Can all those words arranged that way be a composite adjective?02br
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00Public Relations Policy -- Why capitalize all words? 0-
  

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0I think 01b 00all02b 00 those plurals in your sentences are OK. Just get used to them, because they are used by many people, thus are idiomatic. 02br 00Yes.

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0I think 01b00all02b00 those plurals in your sentences are OK. Just get used to them, because they are used by many people, thus are idiomatic. 02br
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0Thank you.02br
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00When should a person follow this recommendation -- if that is one?02br
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00I heard that when a noun (possibly nouns too?) is used as an adjective, 01u00it should be singular.02u02br
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00ant farm, not ants fram02br
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0 Those are generally correct in singular, but those are 01b00single 02b00words, not a compound. In a compound, I think you must make sure it is right by itself, and only then that it's an adjective. 0-
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0The original poster may want to read this:02br
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00Perhaps GG comes to visit this thread. 0510230hrefhttp://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm11id1
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0 You may have a look at these examples 01b00in books02b00, thus 01b00proofread02b00 01b00by editors02b00 who know how to write:02br
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0Thank you. I looked through the site for its help on Compound Words 02br
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0Well, see this thread elsewhere:02br
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00…However, the 01b00plural attributive construction is on the increase02b00, particularly in BrE where it is more common than in AmE, eg:02br

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