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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Proper noun
Is 'French food' a proper noun ? I know that French is a proper noun and food is a common noun, so would these phrases ' French horn' , ' Chinese noodles' , ' Japanese sword' be proper nouns or common nouns ?
P.S: This is an exercise from a grammar book which asks if the above phrases are common or proper nouns although they feel like adjectives to me, please reply asap. Thank you.
P.S: This is an exercise from a grammar book which asks if the above phrases are common or proper nouns although they feel like adjectives to me, please reply asap. Thank you.
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Anonymous Is 'French food' a proper noun ? 'French' is an adjective there. Anonymous so would these phrases ' French horn' , ' Chinese noodles' , ' Japanese sword' be proper nouns or common nouns ?
- Anonymous Is 'French food' a proper noun ?
- 'French' is an adjective there.
- Anonymous so would these phrases ' French horn' , ' Chinese noodles' , ' Japanese sword' be proper nouns or common nouns ?
- Horn, noodles and sword are common nouns.
- How they are modified is irrelevant.
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AnonymousIs 'French food' a proper noun ?'French' is an adjective there.
Anonymous so would these phrases ' French horn' , ' Chinese noodles' , ' Japanese sword' be proper nouns or common nouns ?Horn, noodles and sword are common nouns. How they are modified is irrelevant.
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It is kind of an ' yes ' or ' no' question, it (the text) asks if the phrase/ words ' French food ' , is/are a common noun ?
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Then the answer is yes, as Mr M suggested.
ps. Sorry. I originally wrote 'no'. A complete aberration. I have now corrected it.
ps. Sorry. I originally wrote 'no'. A complete aberration. I have now corrected it.
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