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Ovidio Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Plural or singular adjective?

0Hi there I would like someone to hel[p me out with this. I'm an ESL teacher in Colombia and I have he following question: Is it " A question Workshop" or "A questions Workshop"? Thanks for your help!0-
  

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02br 02br 00I'd say it depends on what you're planning to do in the workshop. Since I've never heard the expression, I can't say which is more common. "02br 02br 00Sorry, Ovidio, I didn't see your post number.

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00I'd say it depends on what you're planning to do in the workshop. Since I've never heard the expression, I can't say which is more common. If you mean the workshop is generated by questions - totally open to questions - I'd call it a "questions workshop." If it's a workshop on the subject of how to conceive and phrase a questio
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0It should be 'A Question Workshop', just as we should say 'a shoe shop' and 'a drink stall'. I think the reason is that 'Question', like the examples I have given, is a noun used as an adjective.0-
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0 In generating new compounds, use the singular for the adjectival noun.02br
00"A Question Workshop"02br
00There are very few exceptions to this rule, and they are expressions that have already been established in the language by usage.02br
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