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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Nouns

in the sentence, "Karen Cornell was named a 'Scholar Athlete'" is scholar athlete or just athlete a noun?
  

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Hi, They are both nouns. But 'scholar' is used like an adjective, to qualify 'athlete'. This is not unusual.

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Hi,

They are both nouns. But 'scholar' is used like an adjective, to qualify 'athlete'.

This is not unusual.

eg shoe salesman

eg computer screen

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