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Grammar and Linguistics > Promotion products or Promotional products?
Promotion products or Promotional products?
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a2king
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Promotion products or Promotional products?
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Which one is correct? And please explain why? Thanks in advance. :) |
26 Jan 2017
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yanogator
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"promotional products" because "promotional" is an adjective. Bruce |
26 Jan 2017
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a2king
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@ Bruce- Thanks for your reply, but why aren �t "promotion products"? They look like a compound noun. |
27 Jan 2017
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yanogator
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Any two nouns can be put together to look like a compound noun, but it won �t always work. I think the simplest answer is that the adjective "promotional" exists, so we use it. Since there isn �t an adjectival form of "school", we have the compound noun "school bus", for example. I �m sure there are exceptions - It is English, after all, so there are always exceptions - but that �s how it usually works. Bruce |
27 Jan 2017
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Jayho
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I like your explanation, Bruce.
Promotion products just doesn �t sound right. If you google promotion products you �ll see that 99% of the results show promotional products. |
27 Jan 2017
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a2king
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Thanks Bruce. You are a genius. I love the way you explained. Thanks. |
31 Jan 2017
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