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Phxsunstoon Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Plurals

Examples:

The noun takes a direct and indirect objects.
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The noun takes a direct and indirect object.

If two nouns with a modifer are joined by and where we omit the nouns until the end, do we add -s after the noun like the example?

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T he noun takes a direct and indirect object . phxsunstoon If two nouns with a modifer are joined by and where we omit the nouns until the end, do we add -s after the noun like the example? No, because the indefinite article legislates against that.

— Mister Micawber

  • T he noun takes a direct and indirect object .
  • phxsunstoon If two nouns with a modifer are joined by and where we omit the nouns until the end, do we add -s after the noun like the example?
  • No, because the indefinite article legislates against that.
  • You can do this: The noun takes both direct and indirect objects.
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The noun takes a direct and indirect object.
phxsunstoonIf two nouns with a modifer are joined by and where we omit the nouns until the end, do we add -s after the noun like the example?
No, because the indefinite article legislates against that. You can do this:

The noun takes both direct and indirect objects.
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phxsunstoonThe noun takes a direct and indirect objects.
I think you mean 'verb', not 'noun'.

CJ
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Thank you both.
CalifJimI think you mean 'verb', not 'noun'.CJ
You are right.
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