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USING NOUNS AS MODIFIERS

 

 

  1. The soup has vegetables in it.

It is vegetable soup.

  1. The building has offices in it.

It is an office building.

When a noun is used as a modifier, it is in its singular form.

  1. The test lasted two hours.

It was a two-hour test.

  1. Her son is five years old.

She has a five-year-old son.

When a noun used as a modifier is combined with a number expression, the noun is singular and a hyphen (-) is used.

 

 

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