Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Attributive adjectives
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00 I'd like some clarification on usage of qualifying and attributive adjectives. In some instances I read for example: "telecommunications market" or "solutions management" in my line of work. I would have thought that either "telecommunication market" or "solution management" is the correct form. I understand that adjectives can be derived from nouns. Is this such an example? Or is it simply a matter of style between English spoken in the U.K. and North America? 02 br
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00 Thanks for your help 0-
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00 I'd like some clarification on usage of qualifying and attributive adjectives. In some instances I read for example: "telecommunications market" or "solutions management" in my line of work. I would have thought that either "telecommunication market" or "solution management" is the correct form. I understand that adjectives can be derived from nouns. Is this such an example? Or is it simply a matter of style between English spoken in the U.K. and North America? 02 br
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00 Thanks for your help 0-
Top answer
0 Strictly, the noun as adjective appears in the singular ( 01 i 00 shoe store, pencil case 02 i 00 ). There is no rule, however, and occasionally we get variations ( 01 i 00 futures market, sports club 02 i 00 ). Usually, a reason can be found.
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0 Strictly, the noun as adjective appears in the singular ( 01 i 00 shoe store, pencil case 02 i 00 ). There is no rule, however, and occasionally we get variations ( 01 i 00 futures market, sports club 02 i 00 ). Usually, a reason can be found. In the case of 01 i 00 telecommunications market 02 i 00 , 01 i 00 telecommunications 02 i
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