RobertT
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This is what I found on UE's glossary webpage:
Noun as Adjective - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com
However, I do not understand the meaning of the bold sentence below.
Please, could someone kindly explain what it means?
Thank you
We can use a noun as an adjective when it precedes a noun that it modifies; a mountain bike is a bike designed for riding up mountains. 'Mountain' functions as an adjective modifying the noun 'bike'. The second noun takes the plural form, while the first behaves like an adjective and consequently does not, unless the word is normally used in the plural (sports hall) or refers to people (women footballers).
Noun as Adjective - Glossary Definition - UsingEnglish.com
However, I do not understand the meaning of the bold sentence below.
Please, could someone kindly explain what it means?
Thank you
We can use a noun as an adjective when it precedes a noun that it modifies; a mountain bike is a bike designed for riding up mountains. 'Mountain' functions as an adjective modifying the noun 'bike'. The second noun takes the plural form, while the first behaves like an adjective and consequently does not, unless the word is normally used in the plural (sports hall) or refers to people (women footballers).
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