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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

"German English teacher" or "German teacher of English"

Is it possible to say

"a German English teacher" or "a German teacher of English"

in order to mean "an English teacher who is German"?
  

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It's more normal to speak of a German teacher of English .

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It's more normal to speak of a German teacher of English.
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YAMATO2201"a German English teacher" or "a German teacher of English"
Both are OK, but you won't get the same meaning if you change it to "an English German teacher".

CJ
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CalifJim"an English German teacher"
Which modifier is a noun and which is an adjective in the noun phrase above?
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AnonymousWhich modifier is a noun and which is an adjective in the noun phrase above?
Oof! This is one of those where no matter what you say, someone else will say something else.

I think "English" can be an adjective and "German" a noun in that NP.

More important in my opinion is that "English" is a modifier and "German" is a complement (if
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CalifJimI think "English" can be an adjective and "German" a noun in that NP.
Thank you for the reply.
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