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Gori Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Admissions *** or Admission ***?

0Dear professional English teachers,02br
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00I always wonder which of the forms is actually correct in an example like this:02br
001. Please read the 01u00admissions02u00 procedure.02br
002. Please read the 01u00admission02u00 procedure. (In this case, "admission" is used as an adjective, so it should not be "admissions" I guess.)02br
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00Is #1 correct grammatically? I just do not understand why it will be "admissions procedure," which seems to be the form of "noun + noun."02br
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00Someone, please help me understand it.0-
  

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0They are both used, as Ms Google will promptly tell you. g. many colleges and universities.

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0They are both used, as Ms Google will promptly tell you. Noun + noun is a common formation of course, and in this case 'Admissions' is the name of an office or process in e.g. many colleges and universities. That explains (to me, at least) why the unusual plural form appears in the noun-as-adjective here.0-
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0I see, both are used.02br
00I cannot come up with other good examples which use the form of "01u00plural noun02u00 + noun" instead of the form of "adjective + noun" at the moment. Therefore, I may ask you more questions later though, thank you very much for your comment and help to my question anyway. 0-
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