adding s

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

"100% other parties fault."
Why is "parties" not "party"? Is it because "Other" is singular so you add an "S" to party?

It's 100% the other party's fault. (OK)
It's 100% the other parties' fault. (OK)

100% of the blame belongs to the other party. (singular)
100% of the blame belongs to the other parties. (plural)

Whose fault?
The other party's fault. (OK)
The other parties' fault. (OK)

All the best,

[henry]

Originally Posted by Casiopea

'motorcycle' functions as an adjective: It tells us what kind of 'pictures. Adjectives do not take -s. Nouns do:

I have three motorcycles. (Noun)
I have three motorcycle pictures. (Adjective)

All the best,

I am not sure if I've ever heard or seen using 'motorcycle' as an adjective.

IMO, it should be motorcycle(noun)+picture(noun), and if one wants to make plural, the 's' goes then to the second noun(pictures) in such case.
Let's see more examples:

e.g. a motorcycle accident (singular)
motorcycle accidents (plural)

:wink:




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[RonBee]

It is common to treat nouns as adjectives, as in your example, motorcycle accident. In that phrase, motorcycle is being used as an adjective.

:)

[henry]

Originally Posted by RonBee

It is common to treat nouns as adjectives, as in your example, motorcycle accident. In that phrase, motorcycle is being used as an adjective.

:)

Ooops. I didn't know about that rule before.

Now, I stand corrected.

Thanks a lot, Ron. :D

[RonBee]

You're welcome.

:D

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by henry

I am not sure if I've ever heard or seen using 'motorcycle' as an adjective.

IMO, it should be motorcycle(noun)+picture(noun), and if one wants to make plural, the 's' goes then to the second noun(pictures) in such case.
Let's see more examples:

e.g. a motorcycle accident (singular)
motorcycle accidents (plural)

:wink:




[/b]

It's a noun in form and an adjective in function. It tells us what kind of pictures. 'motorcycle' is not the object of the verb or the subject of the sentence. It's not functioning as a noun.

Compound nouns are good examples of nouns functioning as adjectives:

houseboat (noun+noun)
What kind of boat?
The house kind.

Hope that helps.

[jack]

Are you still friends with her? <---correct? why? what does it mean? Why does "friends" have a "s"?
Are you still friend with her? <---correct? why? what does it mean?

[Casiopea]

Originally Posted by jack

Are you still friends with her? <---correct? why? what does it mean? Why does "friends" have a "s"?
Are you still friend with her? <---correct? why? what does it mean?

'friends' refers to 'you' and 'her'. You could also say,

Are you (two) still friends?
Are (the two of) you still friends?

All the best,

[jack]

"Hey, did you know farmers like animals?" <--correct? what does it mean?
"Hey, did you know farmer likes animals?" <--correct? what does it mean?

one farmer like many animals. <--how do i say this in my format?
eg.
"Hey, did you know farmer likes animals?" <--correct?


one farmer like one animal. <--how do i say this in my format?
eg.
"Hey, did you know farmer likes animal?" <--correct?
or
"Hey, did you know farmer likes a animal?" <--correct?
or
"Hey, did you know farmer likes one animal?" <--correct?

[Casiopea]

If the person or animal is specific, one, then make the nouns specific by stating who and what kind of animal. If the people or animals are general, then make the nouns general by adding -s:

1. Hey, did you know farmers like animals? :D
==> Farmers in general like animals.

2. Hey, did you know farmer likes animals? :(
==> that farmer over there likes animals/ Bob the farmer likes animals/ the farmer down the road likes animals/ etc.

3. Hey, did you know farmer likes animal? :(
==> that farmer over there likes cows.

All the best,