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English_Learner123 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

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Is the following sentence is correct?

There was an intelligence failure.

I think the above is incorrect because intelligence is not adjective, it is noun. What you guys have to say?
  

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Due to a lack of inflections and other grammatical and lexical devices, nouns are very often used as adjectives in English. There is nothing wrong with your example. Other examples of nouns used adjectivally: a London theatre Oxford University Oslo Airport an atom bomb ( also: an atomic bomb) l anguage problems CB

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  • Due to a lack of inflections and other grammatical and lexical devices, nouns are very often used as adjectives in English.
  • There is nothing wrong with your example.
  • Other examples of nouns used adjectivally: a London theatre Oxford University Oslo Airport an atom bomb ( also: an atomic bomb) l anguage problems CB
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Due to a lack of inflections and other grammatical and lexical devices, nouns are very often used as adjectives in English. There is nothing wrong with your example. Other examples of nouns used adjectivally:

a London theatre
Oxford University
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