Noun and Noun Phrases.ppt

Noun and Noun Phrases Customs house , customs duty It took us an hour to get our luggage through the customs. Habit or custom is a second nature. Custom shoes,a custom suit(adj.) Never judge a man by his looks. Give him a hard look. The damages have not yet been paid . The damage was repaired long ago. Heads or tails? A savings account/bank His writings are not widely known. This is a crossroads. Steelworks/waterworks Mary is a great help to her mother! I am learning composition. I am writing a composition. Exercise makes us strong. Swimming is a good exercise. Life is short. He lives a happy life. I should like to cultivate cordial friendship with him. They broke off a friendship of twenty years’ standing. He kept me company.(companionship) We have company today.(a number of invited guests.) The cinema company is/are holding its/their annual meeting. He was gentleman enough to help her. He was fool enough to marry her. He was not man enough to admit his mistakes. I am not philosopher enough to think out a solution to this problem. I am not poet enough to have such sentiments. He was not scholar enough to read that inscription. He was not blunder enough to repeat his mistake. Singular vs Plural Advice-advices (advertisement) Air-airs(manner), arm-arms, authority-authorities, content-contents(list) Force-forces, green-greens(vegetables) Pain-pains, time-times Give my best regards to Jack. Things have changes. If you do that, you’ll make matters worse. I don’t want to hurt your feelings. He was all smiles. He took great pains to study well. Mary had words with her boss the other day. An art degree/ an arts degree Second hand/seconds hand A career woman /a careers woman Sale department/sales department Plain people/plains people A goods train /a good train Snow ,snowy Production plan/productive forces/productive writer Chemistry Department/chemical fertilizer Sleep scientist/sleepy scientist Stone wall/Stony heart Child laborer/childish ideas Peac