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Hanuman_2000 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

A university teacher

Sir,

She is a university teacher.

"university" is a noun.

How should I define it in this sentence.Actually I want to know the technical term.

Thanks.
  

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hanuman 2000, From my cursory hunting on the web, it is simply a noun functioning as an adjective. Sally's hat is too big for her. Sally's is a possessive noun acting as an adjective (or modifier) for hat.

— MountainHiker

  • hanuman 2000, From my cursory hunting on the web, it is simply a noun functioning as an adjective.
  • Sally's hat is too big for her.
  • Sally's is a possessive noun acting as an adjective (or modifier) for hat.
  • Does that help?
  • MountainHiker
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hanuman 2000,

From my cursory hunting on the web, it is simply a noun functioning as an adjective.

Sally's hat is too big for her.

Sally's is a possessive noun acting as an adjective (or modifier) for hat.

Does that help?

MountainHiker
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