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Besthunter Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Noun as adjective

0I'd like to ask about the usage of noun as adjective. I have been taught in high school that when noun is use as adj, it 01b00should not 02b00end with s. Therefore, I wonder me if these sentences are grammatical:02br
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    00The children who were born01b00 five to nine weeks02b00 early (28 to 32 weeks into the pregnancy) showed a doubled risk of death.02br
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    00The 01b00salaries02b00 expenses of the company.02br
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    00I lend you two 01b00hundreds02b00 dollars.02br
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" 02br 02br 00It was a five pound baby but it was born five weeks early. " but I think "hundreds" here is a noun. 0-

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  • " 02br 02br 00It was a five pound baby but it was born five weeks early.
  • " but I think "hundreds" here is a noun.
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0The "s" is fine in your first example, but should be omitted in the second and third.02br
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00You would say, "We're leaving on a two-week cruise," but "I've been given two weeks' vacation." 02br
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00It was a five pound baby but it was born five weeks early. Perhaps the difference is that "five weeks" here is an adverb.02br
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01cite10Besthunter12cite10when noun is use as adj, it 11b10should not 12b10end with s12blockquote
10 That's quite true, in spite of a few exceptions. 02br
00In the first example 01i00weeks02i00 is not used adjectivally. 01i00early02i00 i
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0Hi,02br
00 As CaliJim said, there are a few exceptions. I've seen many companies with proper names such as "*** Products Company," for example. 0-
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