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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

plural adjective and noun

You often see 'sports media' but sometimes it's 'sport media'. Since sports and media are both plural, isn't that kind of like saying dramas queens? Isn't sport media the grammatically correct expression?
  

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"Sports" is my go-to exception for the general rule that when a noun is used to modify another noun, you use the singular form of the noun. , at least in the US.

— BarbaraPA

  • "Sports" is my go-to exception for the general rule that when a noun is used to modify another noun, you use the singular form of the noun.
  • , at least in the US.
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"Sports" is my go-to exception for the general rule that when a noun is used to modify another noun, you use the singular form of the noun.

Sports car, sports arena, etc., at least in the US.
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