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A Sample sentences
Ш The market survey has produced some very interesting results.
Ш We expect to appoint a new sales manager next year.
Ш Taxpayers are absolutely horrified by the new tax rates.
Ш The legislation deals very harshly with law-breakers.
B Form
A noun compound comprises two or more nouns which are combined together into a phrase. A noun compound comprises:
one or more modifying nouns + a head noun
The modifying noun acts like an adjective and gives more information about the head noun.
A: We have carried out a survey. (head noun)
B: What type of survey?
A: A market survey. (modifying noun)
1. The modifying noun, like an adjective, comes before the head noun:
| research study | (= a study by research) |
| market research | (= research into the market) |
2. The modifying noun, like an adjective, remains in the singular:
| newspaper publisher | (= a publisher of newspapers) |
| taxpayer | (= a person who pays taxes) |
| cf. sales manager | (= the manager responsible for sales; not: the manager responsible for sale) |
3. There are no fixed rules about writing compounds:
conversion process (two separate words)
law-breaker (hyphenated)
timescale (one word)
As language changes, there is a tendency for new compounds to be formed and for familiar compounds to be written as one word. The following are all possible:
work force work-force workforce
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