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Commision on stock market
Is it correct to use word commision as a synonym to order on stock market? In meaning: an instruction from customers to brokers to buy or sell on the exchange.
I know that commision is a fee or ...
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“adjective noun noun”: which noun does the adjective refer to (“electrical system operators”) [duplicate]
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How does the hyphen change the meaning in expressions like “high performance” and “high-performance”?
Is there a grammar rule behind the hyphen in the phrase 'one-act play'?
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A good example wanted of noun-adjective ambiguity [closed]
A well-known feature of the English language is that you can use nouns as adjectives: football player, relativity theory, car tyre, army chaplain, house keys, etc. etc. However, some nouns already ...
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Killer Queen. The usage of noun sequences of length two and more. Ambiguity of nouns phrases in English
I have a question about nouns triplets like "sofa box container" and I'll formulate it at the end. I have some reasoning and I want to make sure I'm correct.
First of all consider the following ...
