adjectives or nouns

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beachboy

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He´s the director of the school
or He´s the school director?

It´s a chocolate box
or It´s a box of chocolate?
 

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He´s the director of the school
or He´s the school director?

... director of the school. You could also say ... the school's director.

It´s a chocolate box
or It´s a box of chocolate?

... box of chocolates. A chocolate box would be a box MADE of chocolate and could be eaten.
 

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What About:
The Assembly Of The Students
The Students' Assembly

Is It The Same Case. I'm Trying To Establish A Pattern. Thanks
 

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What about:
The Assembly Of The Students
The Students' Assembly

Is It The Same Case. I'm Trying To Establish A Pattern. Thanks

Pattern for what?

Of these two, only "The students' assembly" works.

An assembly of students OR a student assembly = a group of students who have all assembled for a reason

(You do not need a capital letter on every word. Only the first word in the sentence or for proper names)
 

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I hadn't noticed all those capital letters and I can't explain what happened... Computers.. What I know is that I had never done that!!!! Thanks a lot (and again) for your tips!
 
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