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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Noun phrase

"Students books are available everywhere." My question, can two nouns, when both are in plural forms, form a subject (/noun phrase) without using apostrophe (') with the former?
Are the following correct? What is expressed by each ot them anyway?
Names of the students?
Name of the students?
Names of the student?
  

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-- Not normally (exception: sports clubs), and your example seems very wrong. -- This means nothing unless they all have the same name. -- This means that the one student has several names.

— Mister Micawber

  • -- Not normally (exception: sports clubs), and your example seems very wrong.
  • -- This means nothing unless they all have the same name.
  • -- This means that the one student has several names.
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"Students books are available everywhere." My question, can two nouns, when both are in plural forms, form a subject (/noun phrase) without using apostrophe (') with the former?-- Not normally (exception: sports clubs), and your example seems very wrong.

Names of the students?-- OK
Name of the students?-- This means nothing unless they all have the same name.
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Thank you very much Mister Micawber for your response. I am convinced!
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