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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Kindly answer my confusion...thank you

Is San Francisco a compound Noun?
  

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Anonymous Is San Francisco a compound Noun? LOL. In English it's simply a single proper noun, even though it's spelled as if it is two words.

— CalifJim

  • Anonymous Is San Francisco a compound Noun?
  • LOL.
  • In English it's simply a single proper noun, even though it's spelled as if it is two words.
  • It comes from the Spanish for Saint Francis, or even more literally, Holy Francis.
  • holy being an adjective, it doesn't form a compound noun, not even in the language of its origin.
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AnonymousIs San Francisco a compound Noun?
LOL. In English it's simply a single proper noun, even though it's spelled as if it is two words.

It comes from the Spanish for Saint Francis, or even more literally, Holy Francis. holybeing an adjective, it doesn't form a compound noun, not even in the language of its origin.
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Are there rules for Proper Compound Nouns? Ex. Lake Ontario.
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Hi,

I would say they are pretty idiomatic.

eg I live near two lakes - Lake Ontario and Philospher's Lake.

Clive
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