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plural of compound nouns [duplicate]
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What is the plural form of “iPad 2”?
When can an adjective be postposed?
I'm curious particularly with iPod Touch and iPad Mini
The plural would be iPod Touches and ...
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Mixing adjectives and nouns in scientific writing
I've noticed that biological scientists tend to use nouns as adjectives when detailing experiments both in writing and in speech.
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The experiment was performed "in monkey cortex" instead ...
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How do you form the 'north' and 'south' versions of 'occident' and 'orient'?
How does one correctly form the "north" and "south" forms for which occident and orient are "west" and "east"?
I found boreal and austral, but those look like adjectives and I'm after the nouns.
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