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Nithila Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

what is the gramatical term for each word which is given below.

In yet another sign that the world's largest economy is sinking into recession, the Commerce Department said Friday that sales at U.S. retail stores fell by 2.8 percent in October - the sharpest amount on record.

Economists watch retail sales closely because consumer demand drives about two-thirds of the U.S. economy.
Here, what is the gramatical term for each word which is given below.
  1. consumer
  2. demand
  3. drives
  

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Here, "consumer," usually a noun, is used as an adjective to modify the the noun/subject "demand," and "drives" is the verb.

  • Here, "consumer," usually a noun, is used as an adjective to modify the the noun/subject "demand," and "drives" is the verb.
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Here, "consumer," usually a noun, is used as an adjective to modify the the noun/subject "demand," and "drives" is the verb.

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