Why are words like player, singer, dancer considered as nouns not adjectives?
Even they show a quality/attribute of something.
Also what kinda nouns are these nouns called?
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The verb was apparently the first word coined in the language, that is, play, sing, dance, etc. And the standard way of making these nouns was to add "-er". Note that most nouns in English can be used adjectivally, so you can get a noun and an adjective out of one word, for example: I have a player piano in my living room.
- The verb was apparently the first word coined in the language, that is, play, sing, dance, etc.
- And the standard way of making these nouns was to add "-er".
- Note that most nouns in English can be used adjectivally, so you can get a noun and an adjective out of one word, for example: I have a player piano in my living room.
- This is a singer/dancer audition for the musical.
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The verb was apparently the first word coined in the language, that is, play, sing, dance, etc. And the standard way of making these nouns was to add "-er". Note that most nouns in English can be used adjectivally, so you can get a noun and an adjective out of one word, for example:
I have a player piano in my living room.
This is a singer/dancer audition for the musical.
0anonimo550Also what kinda nouns are these nouns called?
agent nouns.
A noun is defined as a person, place or thing.
The suffix "-er" has the following definition: (With my underlining and bold-facing)
1. a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatt
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