Forum: Bryce


Subject: *SIGH* Grammarians unite!

draculaz opened this issue on Jun 17, 2003 ยท 30 posts


Phantast posted Wed, 18 June 2003 at 5:37 PM

Well, you only put one dog in a kennel! And it only takes one dog to ... oh, never mind. Here is Fowler (1998): "Plural attributive nouns, once relatively rare, are now commonplace (appointments book, customs duty, narcotics dealer, procedures manual)". One may not like it, but I'm afraid it isn't incorrect.