[Grammar] Hotel manager vs. Manager of the hotel

[juliaines]

Hello,

I hope you can help me with this inquiry: I've seen that you can either use the expression "Hotel manager" and "Manager of the hotel" as well, but which is the difference between those two, if any? I've chosen just an example because I see this situation may apply to some other examples and I cannot figure out how to decide for one or the other.

Thanks for your help!

Kind regards.

Julia

 

[probus]

Both are correct. But I think that in many if not most contexts "hotel manager" is more common and more natural.

The use of nouns as substantive adjectives is extremely common in English. You should study and learn such forms. Here are some random examples:

cricket umpire
first base coach
chicken soup
dog vomit (a popular and delicious roadside snack in India)
curve ball
string theory (for all you scientists out there)

 

[MikeNewYork]

I agree with Probus's information except for the name. A "substantive adjective" is one that is used in place of the noun it usually describes. "We need to protect the old (people) and the weak (people)."

Probus's examples are "attributive nouns", those used as adjectives to modify other nouns.

 

[juliaines]

Thank you both for your answers.

 

[Rover_KE]

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