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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Nouns

What is the noun(s) in this sentence? I love my rock collection and Barbie dolls.
  

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Grammar books remind us that in English a word is classified according to its USE. " So most books would classify "rock" in your sentence as an adjective. " If this were a test, you could say this sentence has two nouns ("collection" and "doll"), or you could say it has four nouns with two of them ("rock" and "Barbie") being used as adjectives.

— Anonymous

  • Grammar books remind us that in English a word is classified according to its USE.
  • " So most books would classify "rock" in your sentence as an adjective.
  • " If this were a test, you could say this sentence has two nouns ("collection" and "doll"), or you could say it has four nouns with two of them ("rock" and "Barbie") being used as adjectives.
  • It all depends on your teacher's policy.
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Grammar books remind us that in English a word is classified according to its USE. In your sentence, the noun "rock" is modifying the noun "collectiion." So most books would classify "rock" in your sentence as an adjective. In "Barbie is a doll," "Barbie" is a noun, but in "Barbie doll," you are using "Barbie" to modify "doll." If this were a test, you could say this sentence has two nouns ("co
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Anonymousyou could say it has four nouns with two of them ("rock" and "Barbie") being used as adjectives.
I've read somewhere that this kind of words is called noun modifier.
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