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27 questions linked to/from "User accounts" or "users account"
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"BookList" or "booksList?" [duplicate]
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Is it correct to say “lesson count” or “lessons count”?
I'm wondering whether or not I ...
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should a list of tokens be called a "token list" or a "tokens list" [duplicate]
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I ask because a list of tasks would usually be called a "task list". However a list or previous winners of a ...
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Multiple plural, any rules? [duplicate]
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What is correct way to use -s when talking about multiple plurals?
For example, what is correct: items positions ...
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Use of the plural with list, and when item count is 0 [duplicate]
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I keep asking myself which form is the most correct when listing items on a website:
"Article list"
or "Articles ...
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Should it be for example "product prices" or "products prices" [duplicate]
I don't know what are the correct terms for this question. Which form is correct for cases of multiple plural nouns, both should be plural or only the second one, for example:
product prices
or
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Thing count or thingS count [duplicate]
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Should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list”
“BookList” or “booksList?”
When there are ...
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Is it incorrect to refer to a set of things by using the singular form of the objects it contains? [duplicate]
I'm sorry I couldn't word that better, the following example will hopefully clarify:
As you can see, the teacher refered to the bank of words as "word bank", as opposed to "words bank". Which one is ...
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image count / images count [duplicate]
If we have a number which represents the number of images, do you call that the images count or the image count?
If you take the example with the images you could say:
The '15' is the image count ...
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Is it correct to say products line or product line? [duplicate]
If a company has several products, is that a products line or a product line?
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Child entities vs Children entities [duplicate]
If we have a set of entities which are [metaphorical] children of a given [metaphorical] parent what should we call them?
(Here, 'entity' can refer to anything.)
Are they 'children entities' or '...
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Is It “Category URLs” or “Categories URLs” [duplicate]
I want to talk about several categories. Each category has only one URL.
Which one is correct and why?
Category URLs
Categories URL
Categories URLs
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Task breakdown vs Tasks breakdown vs Tasks' breakdown [duplicate]
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should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list”
“Book market” or “books market”
Which one(s) ...
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"Book market" or "books market" [duplicate]
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Which is correct: book market or books market? Similarly, is it pirate bay or pirates bay?
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Is it correct to say "lesson count" or "lessons count"? [duplicate]
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If I mean "number of lessons", which grammatical construction should I go for? I can imagine three of them:
Lesson ...
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Thing table or things table? [duplicate]
By table I mean that thing with rows and columns. How do I say correctly: "I'll add a record to the student table" or "I'll add a record to the students table"? Also what's right: "I'll add a record ...
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Young Surveyors Network or Young Surveyor Network? [duplicate]
I'm a surveyor and we are currently setting up our network. However, there seems to be a disagreement on the proper name of the group. The group is composed of young surveyors under the age of 35, ...
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Passenger quota or passengers quota? [duplicate]
One question please.
I am translating a web form into english.
In this specific case what is correct?
Passenger quota or Passengers quota ?
Vehicle quota or Vehicles quota ?
Thanks!
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plural nouns: should I add "s" ending to both nouns? [duplicate]
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“BookList” or “booksList?”
Is it correct to say “lesson count” or “lessons count”?
should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a ...
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"Contact group" or "Contacts group"? [duplicate]
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I'm writing software, and I need to create an object that will contain a group of contacts. Contacts can belong to ...
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Giant slayer, witch hunter: why the singular form? [duplicate]
It is clear that the meaning of the collocations is:
slayer of giants
hunter of witches
But, why do they stay in singular when they are in a juxtaposition?
What is their grammatical funticion? Which ...
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Model group or models group? [duplicate]
Let say we have a group of models (car models, for example), how would you refer to it?:
model group or models group?
and in plural:
models groups or model groups?
We wanted to create a variable for a ...
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When are attributive nouns plural?
If I want to say:
"development of special weapons was
the first point in Hitler's
program..."
I will say this (a better form):
"special weapon development was..."
OK...
is it
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Singular/plural Nouns as Adjectives [duplicate]
How do you know when to use singular or plural nouns if they're used as adjectives?
i.e.
32-bit computer vs 32-bits computer?
teacher union vs teachers union?
wedding planner vs weddings ...
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"Countries List" or "Country List"? [duplicate]
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“User accounts” or “users account”
“Employee list” or “employees list”
Should a list of tokens be called a “token list” or a “tokens list”
“BookList” or “booksList?”
Is it ...
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Should you say "job status" or "jobs status"?
I have a web application that displays the status of batch processing jobs on our computer cluster. To me, the title should read:
Job status
not
Jobs status
but I really don't know why and I'm ...
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Irregular plurals in noun adjuncts
Several psycholinguists1,2 have observed that English speakers do not use regular plurals in compounds, even when the noun refers to more than one instance (dog-catcher, *dogs-catcher), but do use ...
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"The woman's card" vs "the woman card"
In this recently uploaded video by CNN channel, it shows that it is not clear as to whether we should use the possessive apostrophe or not, though Sue Mendelsohn, Director of the Columbia Unv. Writing ...
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