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Batitou Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Grammar rule

Ex: "an error message or a message of error"
I don't know how we call this kind of sentence in English. (when you leave out ''of'').
Is there a grammatical name for it?
Here it sounds obvious that an error message is the one I would opt for. But in certain cases it's not that clear.
Another example: the world cup / the cup of the world.
Can someone enlight me on this please?
  

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batitou I don't know how we call this kind of sentence in English. It's not a sentence. There is no verb.

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  • batitou I don't know how we call this kind of sentence in English.
  • It's not a sentence.
  • There is no verb.
  • batitou Is there a grammatical name for it?
  • rose garden stone wall error message tea ceremony bell tower The above are noun phrases with two nouns.
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batitouI don't know how we call this kind of sentence in English.
It's not a sentence. There is no verb.
batitouIs there a grammatical name for it?
rose garden
stone wall
error message
tea ceremony
bell tower

The above are noun phrases with two nouns.
The last noun is the head word of the phrase.
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batitouI don't know how we call this
I don't know what we call this
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Sorry, me again,
Do you know if there are some exceptions to these rules, some cases where we cannot use noun phrases but of instead.
Example: Is it better to use:
"The cover of the book" OR "the book cover''
Can I use both? How does it sound to you?
Thanks a lot!
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