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Abil Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

Terror attack or terrorist attack?

Terror attack or terrorist attack? [Isn't terror a noun? Are two nouns side by side possible?]

Which one is correct? Thanks
  

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Hi Abil 'Terrorist attack' is a much more commonly used collocation.

— Yankee

  • Hi Abil 'Terrorist attack' is a much more commonly used collocation.
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Hi Abil

'Terrorist attack' is a much more commonly used collocation.
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Thanks Yankee.

Can we call the first one, "terror attack", grammatically unsound? What is your view?
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No, not grammatically wrong, just much less commonly used.
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