Timeline for Can a proper noun be used as adjective?
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Jul 13, 2018 at 0:59 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackEnglishLL/status/1017574249744228352 | ||
Jul 12, 2018 at 10:50 | comment | added | BillJ | Yes, but they are not adjectives, since nouns and adjectives belong to different word classes (parts of speech). But proper nouns can be used as modifiers, for example "a United States warship"; "a Dell computer"; "a Beethoven symphony", "the United Kingdom elections. Your examples are fine too, though we would normally say "Indian elections", where "Indian" is an adjective. | |
Jul 12, 2018 at 9:46 | answer | added | Maulik V | timeline score: 3 | |
Jul 12, 2018 at 9:40 | comment | added | J.R.♦ | @Omegastick - RE: It's obviously fine.... although I can't place exactly why. Those are the best questions, aren't they? Now that we've tidied it up a bit, I wouldn't be surprised to see this get quite a few upvotes. | |
Jul 12, 2018 at 9:37 | history | edited | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Jul 12, 2018 at 9:35 | comment | added | Omegastick | This is an interesting question. It's obviously fine to use India here rather than Indian, but I can't place exactly why. | |
Jul 12, 2018 at 9:28 | history | reopened | J.R.♦ | ||
Jul 12, 2018 at 9:28 | history | edited | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Jul 12, 2018 at 9:17 | history | closed | J.R.♦ | Not suitable for this site | |
Jul 12, 2018 at 9:17 | history | edited | J.R.♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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Jul 12, 2018 at 9:12 | history | asked | Kshitij Singh | CC BY-SA 4.0 |