• From: Frank Boumphrey <bckman@i...>
• To: Jeff Greif <jgreif@a...>,Jeff Lowery <jlowery@s...>, xml-dev@l...
• Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 23:07:33 -0400

> and "a computer programmer" is a noun phrase containing an article,
and two
> nouns, the first modifying the second.  It contains no adjectives.

'computer' is an adjectival noun.

In Fowler's 'English Usage'

[Adjectival noun]==[Adjective];

Frank

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Greif" <jgreif@a...>
To: "Jeff Lowery" <jlowery@s...>; <xml-dev@l...>
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Attributes v Elements


> and "a computer programmer" is a noun phrase containing an article,
and two
> nouns, the first modifying the second.  It contains no adjectives.
> Jeff
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Lowery" <jlowery@s...>
> To: <xml-dev@l...>
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 4:32 PM
> Subject: RE: Attributes v Elements
>
>
> > >  I'm
> > >  ---
> > >  |
> > >  |
> > >  |
> > >  contraction,
> > >  I (pronoun) am ([verb])
>
>
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