0
Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

What's the difference between start menu of Windows and Windows start menu?

Hi. Any difference? Are both correct?  If so, is it applicable for other things such as "knob door" and "knob of the door"?

Thanks.
  

Top answer

Except with the more abstract nouns, the of-construction is less idiomatic. Say Windows start menu and door ****, not start menu of Windows and **** of the door . Similarly, car keys, not keys of the car bottle opener, not opener of bottles light switch, not switch of the light because these are concrete nouns.

— CalifJim

  • Except with the more abstract nouns, the of-construction is less idiomatic.
  • Say Windows start menu and door ****, not start menu of Windows and **** of the door .
  • Similarly, car keys, not keys of the car bottle opener, not opener of bottles light switch, not switch of the light because these are concrete nouns.
  • But, the education of children, not child education expressions of grief, not grief expressions signs of madness, not madness signs because these are abstract nouns.
  • CJ
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

1 Answers
0
Except with the more abstract nouns, the of-construction is less idiomatic.

Say Windows start menu and door ****, not start menu of Windows and **** of the door.

Similarly,

car keys, not keys of the car
bottle opener, not opener of bottles
light switch, not switch of the light

because
0

Related Questions