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An attributive noun, also called a noun adjunct, refers to a noun placed before another noun to modify it, like "dog" in "dog catcher" and "dog food", "heart" in "heart surgery", "running" in "running shoes", "employee" in "employee compensation", and "Peter" in "Peter Principle". It is an alternative to a prepositional phrase, like "food for dogs" or "surgery of the heart". You can use a predicate test to distinguish a noun adjunct from an adjective.
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Can an attributive noun add identity to a noun phrase?
You are still using an attributive noun, that is, a noun modifying another noun rather like an adjective would (see Wikipedia, ThoughtCo).
Some attributive nouns form noun phrases recognized widely en …
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Attribute to describe about doing something smartly with clear direction
It sounds like they are diligent (adj.) or acting diligently (adv.) or acting with due diligence (noun). I'll focus on the adjective. Merriam-Webster:
: characterized by steady, earnest, and ener …
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Adjective VS Noun as an adjective
They are close, but depending on context you want to be careful to not treat attributive nouns and adjectives as the same. Compare:
That is a grammar section.
That is a transformation section.
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"Pants-changing" versus "diaper(s)-changing"
I could say diaper-changing but could also say changing diapers. This answer will be complex: in short, the singular tends to refer to a single instance of changing a diaper or forms most compounds in …
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Why are they 'nude photos'?
Collocations modifying photo often don't refer to the photo as a physical object. They instead refer to the subject of the photo, or what's depicted in the image.
To demonstrate this, here are the m …
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