"BTW since "social" is an adjective, "social media" isn't a compound noun. A compound noun is, z.B., "theme park" or "home work.," two or more nouns that together mean something specific."
Chris, you know you can just do a quick Google search before saying things like this, right? I never begrudge people being wrong. But being wrong with such confidence is another matter.
"BTW since "social" is an adjective, "social media" isn't a compound noun. A compound noun is, z.B., "theme park" or "home work.," two or more nouns that together mean something specific."
Chris, you know you can just do a quick Google search before saying things like this, right? I never begrudge people being wrong. But being wrong with such confidence is another matter.
No google. I taught English here for eight years. I am certified (TEFL). IтАЩve also studied six foreign languages.
A compound noun is two or more nouns, the first modifying the second like an adjective would. Adjective-noun isnтАЩt a compound noun. Of this I am certain. There is no such thing as a social. "Society media" would be a compound noun
The books I used in teaching gave the definition I wrote. That's why I had "theme park" at my fingertips, usually it takes me a long time to think of examples. I finally pulled out "test harness," since I am working with one lately. The books were from England, if thereтАЩs a different definition in America IтАЩm not surprised.
I just saw тАЬinviteтАЭ used as a noun in a WaPo headline. I see and hear "unique" as a synonym for "distinctive" when it means "singular."
"I taught English here for eight years. I am certified (TEFL). IтАЩve also studied six foreign languages."
Haha, okay, I give up. Either literally every resource on compound nouns on the internet is wrong or you are. I'll leave you to ponder which is more likely.
So can "cordial," as an alcoholic beverage. But a cordial greeting is not a compound noun.
I already said I was done with this; you go ahead and treat it as a singular and I won't jump in every time. But I'll bet you that not one American in a hundred knows that media is the plural of medium, or that it's a plural at all. Does this also apply to "news media?"
Edit: I see where the disagreement lies. I looked up a few of those internet sources and they say that a compound noun is a noun with additional *words*. That definition doesn't require the other words to be nouns. So, "big dog" would be a compound noun, as would "tall building."
I am not buying that for a second.
My understanding, reinforced by every grammar text and ESL textbook I have ever read, is that "compound noun" is what it says: a combination of two or more nouns. Theme and park are both nouns; "theme park" is a compound noun. "Social media" is an adjective and noun; "social" here is an adjective, as in Social Security, it isn't in the sense of "church social" in which it is indeed a noun.
Not everything on the Internet is correct. And with everything from less/fewer and your/you're to classical music now regarded as "elitist," hardly anyone gives a fuck about correct grammar anymore.
Well, I'm not dumbing down my r├йsum├й with "action words" and I'm not using "they" for one person. Because I do give a fuck.
"BTW since "social" is an adjective, "social media" isn't a compound noun. A compound noun is, z.B., "theme park" or "home work.," two or more nouns that together mean something specific."
Chris, you know you can just do a quick Google search before saying things like this, right? I never begrudge people being wrong. But being wrong with such confidence is another matter.
No google. I taught English here for eight years. I am certified (TEFL). IтАЩve also studied six foreign languages.
A compound noun is two or more nouns, the first modifying the second like an adjective would. Adjective-noun isnтАЩt a compound noun. Of this I am certain. There is no such thing as a social. "Society media" would be a compound noun
The books I used in teaching gave the definition I wrote. That's why I had "theme park" at my fingertips, usually it takes me a long time to think of examples. I finally pulled out "test harness," since I am working with one lately. The books were from England, if thereтАЩs a different definition in America IтАЩm not surprised.
I just saw тАЬinviteтАЭ used as a noun in a WaPo headline. I see and hear "unique" as a synonym for "distinctive" when it means "singular."
"I taught English here for eight years. I am certified (TEFL). IтАЩve also studied six foreign languages."
Haha, okay, I give up. Either literally every resource on compound nouns on the internet is wrong or you are. I'll leave you to ponder which is more likely.
Also, yes, "social" can be a noun.
So can "cordial," as an alcoholic beverage. But a cordial greeting is not a compound noun.
I already said I was done with this; you go ahead and treat it as a singular and I won't jump in every time. But I'll bet you that not one American in a hundred knows that media is the plural of medium, or that it's a plural at all. Does this also apply to "news media?"
Edit: I see where the disagreement lies. I looked up a few of those internet sources and they say that a compound noun is a noun with additional *words*. That definition doesn't require the other words to be nouns. So, "big dog" would be a compound noun, as would "tall building."
I am not buying that for a second.
My understanding, reinforced by every grammar text and ESL textbook I have ever read, is that "compound noun" is what it says: a combination of two or more nouns. Theme and park are both nouns; "theme park" is a compound noun. "Social media" is an adjective and noun; "social" here is an adjective, as in Social Security, it isn't in the sense of "church social" in which it is indeed a noun.
Not everything on the Internet is correct. And with everything from less/fewer and your/you're to classical music now regarded as "elitist," hardly anyone gives a fuck about correct grammar anymore.
Well, I'm not dumbing down my r├йsum├й with "action words" and I'm not using "they" for one person. Because I do give a fuck.