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Noun adjunct with 'beginning'
The Next CEO of Stack OverflowA noun adjunct / the possessive casecomplement vs adjunctWhich is the head noun in “noun adjunct”Scope of a noun adjunct“of the” vs noun adjunctNoun adjunct vs. Possessive apostropheArgument vs. adjunctIs “with Trevor” in “dined with Trevor” adjunct or complement?Can I use a noun with a posessive determiner as adjunct?
Can noun adjunct be used with the word 'beginning'? In the following phrases, for example:
event beginning, play beginning, month beginning, beautiful friendship beginning
These examples sound off to me, as opposed to their 'of the' equivalents, but a can't find an explanation why. Beginning is a noun, according to dictionaries, so using a noun adjunct with it should be grammatically legitimate. Or shouldn't it?
attributive-nouns adjuncts
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Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
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Can noun adjunct be used with the word 'beginning'? In the following phrases, for example:
event beginning, play beginning, month beginning, beautiful friendship beginning
These examples sound off to me, as opposed to their 'of the' equivalents, but a can't find an explanation why. Beginning is a noun, according to dictionaries, so using a noun adjunct with it should be grammatically legitimate. Or shouldn't it?
attributive-nouns adjuncts
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
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I'm not sure your examples are ungrammatical, so much as unnatural. One reason may be that we prefer to read the -ing word as verbal when we can, another may be that we prefer the of the construction generally. With two preferences working against you, it's going to be difficult to find an example that sounds natural. We're 10 days from month-end, or in other words 20 days from month-beginning still sounds awkward to me, though not ungrammatical.
– Minty
Mar 22 at 9:49
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Can noun adjunct be used with the word 'beginning'? In the following phrases, for example:
event beginning, play beginning, month beginning, beautiful friendship beginning
These examples sound off to me, as opposed to their 'of the' equivalents, but a can't find an explanation why. Beginning is a noun, according to dictionaries, so using a noun adjunct with it should be grammatically legitimate. Or shouldn't it?
attributive-nouns adjuncts
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
1
Can noun adjunct be used with the word 'beginning'? In the following phrases, for example:
event beginning, play beginning, month beginning, beautiful friendship beginning
These examples sound off to me, as opposed to their 'of the' equivalents, but a can't find an explanation why. Beginning is a noun, according to dictionaries, so using a noun adjunct with it should be grammatically legitimate. Or shouldn't it?
attributive-nouns adjuncts
attributive-nouns adjuncts
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
1
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
1
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
1
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
1
asked Mar 22 at 8:32
Андрей ЧелпановАндрей Челпанов
1
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I'm not sure your examples are ungrammatical, so much as unnatural. One reason may be that we prefer to read the -ing word as verbal when we can, another may be that we prefer the of the construction generally. With two preferences working against you, it's going to be difficult to find an example that sounds natural. We're 10 days from month-end, or in other words 20 days from month-beginning still sounds awkward to me, though not ungrammatical.
– Minty
Mar 22 at 9:49
add a comment |
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I'm not sure your examples are ungrammatical, so much as unnatural. One reason may be that we prefer to read the -ing word as verbal when we can, another may be that we prefer the of the construction generally. With two preferences working against you, it's going to be difficult to find an example that sounds natural. We're 10 days from month-end, or in other words 20 days from month-beginning still sounds awkward to me, though not ungrammatical.
– Minty
Mar 22 at 9:49
1
1
I'm not sure your examples are ungrammatical, so much as unnatural. One reason may be that we prefer to read the -ing word as verbal when we can, another may be that we prefer the of the construction generally. With two preferences working against you, it's going to be difficult to find an example that sounds natural. We're 10 days from month-end, or in other words 20 days from month-beginning still sounds awkward to me, though not ungrammatical.
– Minty
Mar 22 at 9:49
I'm not sure your examples are ungrammatical, so much as unnatural. One reason may be that we prefer to read the -ing word as verbal when we can, another may be that we prefer the of the construction generally. With two preferences working against you, it's going to be difficult to find an example that sounds natural. We're 10 days from month-end, or in other words 20 days from month-beginning still sounds awkward to me, though not ungrammatical.
– Minty
Mar 22 at 9:49
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I'm not sure your examples are ungrammatical, so much as unnatural. One reason may be that we prefer to read the -ing word as verbal when we can, another may be that we prefer the of the construction generally. With two preferences working against you, it's going to be difficult to find an example that sounds natural. We're 10 days from month-end, or in other words 20 days from month-beginning still sounds awkward to me, though not ungrammatical.
– Minty
Mar 22 at 9:49