Science literature vs scientific literature
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That's an excellent question. ) In the case of "teacher", the preceding word is the name of the subject that is taught. teaches science > a science teacher teaches English > an English teacher teaches carpentry > a carpentry teacher But in the case of "literature", I don't see a way that "literature" can be used as a verb (as the noun teacher gives us the verb teach ).
- That's an excellent question.
- ) In the case of "teacher", the preceding word is the name of the subject that is taught.
- teaches science > a science teacher teaches English > an English teacher teaches carpentry > a carpentry teacher But in the case of "literature", I don't see a way that "literature" can be used as a verb (as the noun teacher gives us the verb teach ).
- So there is no way that the preceding noun can be re-imagined as the object of a verb, like we did with 'teach'.
- Maybe that's why "literature" takes only adjective modifiers.
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In the case of "teacher", the preceding word is the name of the subject that is taught.
teaches science > a science teacher
teaches English > an English teacher
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