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Anonymous Posted 5 years ago
Grammar

Compound Noun

In the noun junior high school, is junior high school the compound noun, or just high school?

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'junior' and 'high' are adjectives in this compound, not nouns. 'high' modifies 'school', and 'junior' modifies 'high school'. You can diagram it thus: [ junior [ high school ] ] CJ

— CalifJim

  • 'junior' and 'high' are adjectives in this compound, not nouns.
  • 'high' modifies 'school', and 'junior' modifies 'high school'.
  • You can diagram it thus: [ junior [ high school ] ] CJ
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'junior' and 'high' are adjectives in this compound, not nouns.

'high' modifies 'school', and 'junior' modifies 'high school'.

You can diagram it thus: [ junior [ high school ] ]

CJ

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