Part of speech (dining)
What is the word 'dining' in the term 'dining district' classified as (in terms of the parts of speech)? Is this a case of a noun acting as an adjective to describe another noun?
Also, I'm confused because 'dining car' and 'dining room' are both comprised of two words but are taken as one. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for dining district.
Thanks kindly!
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anonymous dining district ~ district for dining ~ district for people who want to dine (to) dine - verb (for) dining [for the activity of dining] - verb form used as a noun = gerund dining (district) - gerund ("verb-noun") used to modify the noun 'district' I think it's better to say that dining modifies district rather than to say dining is an adjective. If you accept 'gerund' as a part of speech, then it's a gerund. If not, then it's a noun.
- anonymous dining district ~ district for dining ~ district for people who want to dine (to) dine - verb (for) dining [for the activity of dining] - verb form used as a noun = gerund dining (district) - gerund ("verb-noun") used to modify the noun 'district' I think it's better to say that dining modifies district rather than to say dining is an adjective.
- If you accept 'gerund' as a part of speech, then it's a gerund.
- If not, then it's a noun.
- Or a verb.
- Your choice.
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anonymousdining district
~ district for dining
~ district for people who want to dine
(to) dine - verb
(for) dining [for the activity of dining]
- verb form used as a noun = gerund
dining (district)
- gerund ("verb-noun") used to modify the noun 'district'
I think it's better to say that dini
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