Hi I have two questions here One is what is phoenix mean here, I looked up in dictionary, I think Phoenix is a noun, but here it should be a adjective word. and why a women??why is plural? thanks
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"a ... women" is wrong. "phoenix woman/women" is OK in itself.
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"a ...
women" is wrong.
"phoenix woman/women" is OK in itself.
While "phoenix" is a noun, it is very common in English for one noun to modify another, as in "committee meeting", "garden path", etc.
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"phoenix woman/women" is OK in itself. While "phoenix" is a noun, it is very common in English for one noun to modify another, as in "committee meeting", "garden path", etc. etc.