Youth hockey player
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Can "youth" be used as an adjective? All dictionaries say that "youth" is a noun! So, how does it work in the below sentence?
A Pennsylvania youth hockey player and an artist received backlash on social media after the goalie wore a mask which featured President Donald Trump holding a trowel and a brick.
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anonymous All dictionaries say that "youth" is a noun! That makes no difference. Nouns can be used to modify other nouns.
- anonymous All dictionaries say that "youth" is a noun!
- That makes no difference.
- Nouns can be used to modify other nouns.
- That doesn't automatically turn them into adjectives.
- anonymous Can "youth" be used as an adjective?
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anonymousAll dictionaries say that "youth" is a noun!
That makes no difference. Nouns can be used to modify other nouns. That doesn't automatically turn them into adjectives.
anonymousCan "youth" be used as an adjective?
Yes, and this is true of many nouns, but in the more recent approaches to grammar, we
0anonymoushow does it work in the below sentence?
It occurs to me to point out that it parses "youth hockey player", a player of youth hockey. Also, why didn't you have a problem with "hockey" as an adjective modifier?
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