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Persian Learner Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Compound adjective

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According to Barbara Ryan, a major obstacle to women's emancipation lies in the lack of government-sponsored social-service support for working women who have children to support.

Are the underlined parts adjectives?

What does it mean by social-service support? What kind of support could it be?
  

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Persian Learner Are the underlined parts adjectives? "government-sponsored" is an adjective. "social-service" is a noun in the attributive position.

  • Persian Learner Are the underlined parts adjectives?
  • "government-sponsored" is an adjective.
  • "social-service" is a noun in the attributive position.
  • Persian Learner What does it mean by social-service support?
  • What kind of support could it be?
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Persian LearnerAre the underlined parts adjectives?
"government-sponsored" is an adjective.
"social-service" is a noun in the attributive position.
Persian LearnerWhat does it mean by social-service support? What kind of support could it be?
It means that social service agencies and social departments, usually supported

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