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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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using nouns as adjectives ???

0Sometimes words that are usually used as nouns are used as adjectives. 02br
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00Ex : The shoe store also sells books02br
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00When a noun is used as an adjective, it is singular in form, NOT plural. But I found some english documents that contains some identical structure like : sales assistant, clients need. In this case, why are "sales" and "clients" plural in form ?0-
  

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0Usually it's singular. "Sales" is a mass noun - "I'm in sales" means that you sell for a living. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0Usually it's singular.
  • "Sales" is a mass noun - "I'm in sales" means that you sell for a living.
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0Usually it's singular. "Sales" is a mass noun - "I'm in sales" means that you sell for a living. 02br
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00With "clients' needs" or "clients' needs" it should be possessive.0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10When a noun is used as an adjective, it is singular in form, NOT plural. But I found some ... 12blockquote
10 Yes. You'll find a few plurals there, but 99.9% are singular.02br
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