Timeline for Which of "game names" and "games names" is correct? [duplicate]
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| Nov 9, 2016 at 22:02 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Sorry I was so harsh before… even though it was true. When such lists are invariably singular, what does that say about the very popular idea of lists - even books! - full of boys' names or girls' names, please? It might be argued that those should be boy's names or girl's names and then, how would we accommodate children's names? Are you really saying those should be boy names, girl names or child names? | |
| Nov 6, 2016 at 2:09 | comment | added | Robbie Goodwin | Uh… sorry to say it but no, it can't be that your "invariably" means almost always, not necessarily every single time, without exception or anything similar. "Invariably" means always, necessarily every single time, without exception. If you meant something else, please use some word other than means almost always, not necessarily every single time, without exception or anything similar. If you meant something else, please use a word quite differ from "Invariably". | |
| Oct 20, 2016 at 16:03 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @FF '... a "noun adjunct" usage (noun used as adjective). They're invariably singular.' | |
| Oct 20, 2016 at 15:07 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @Edwin: Wot? So I should have highlighted the norm is that as well as do not take a plural? Or is it just that my invariably means almost always, not necessarily every single time, without exception? | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:24 | history | closed |
FumbleFingers Edwin Ashworth Barmar Hellion tchrist♦ |
Duplicate of Plural nouns in nominal compounds | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:23 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:06 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | @FF Very often singular. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:04 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | In English, the norm is that nouns incorporated into compounds do not take a plural ending. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:02 | answer | added | K Dog | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:01 | comment | added | aybe | Alright, thanks ! If you wish to post an answer, I'll accept it. | |
| Oct 19, 2016 at 21:00 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | As with, say, car radios, the first word in game names is a "noun adjunct" usage (noun used as adjective). They're invariably singular. | |
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| Oct 19, 2016 at 20:56 | history | edited | tchrist♦ |
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