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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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nouns used as adjectives ?

0Sometimes words that are usually used as nouns are used as adjectives. 02br
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00Ex : The shoe store also sells books02br
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00When a noun is used as an adjective, it is singular in form, NOT plural. But I found some english documents that contains some identical structure like : sales assistant, clients need. In this case, why are "sales" and "clients" plural in form ? When will they be plural in form ?0-
  

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02br 00There is no absolute rule, but most are, as you say, in the singular (01i 00a shoe store, a five-minute break02i 00), while some are plural (01i 00systems engineer, cattle ranch02i 00). In your examples, 01i 00sales assistant02i 00 perhaps because the assistant's job is01i 00 sales02i 00;01i 00 sales02i 00 is his job-- it is a department name. 0-

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  • 02br 00There is no absolute rule, but most are, as you say, in the singular (01i 00a shoe store, a five-minute break02i 00), while some are plural (01i 00systems engineer, cattle ranch02i 00).
  • In your examples, 01i 00sales assistant02i 00 perhaps because the assistant's job is01i 00 sales02i 00;01i 00 sales02i 00 is his job-- it is a department name.
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00There is no absolute rule, but most are, as you say, in the singular (01i00a shoe store, a five-minute break02i00), while some are plural (01i00systems engineer, cattle ranch02i00). In your examples, 01i00sales assistant02i00 perhaps because the assistant's job is01i00 sales02i00;0
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