“selling mobile phone brand” or “mobile phone selling brand”?
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"The other three top selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and Apple"
I would like to ask if I can write " ... three top mobile phone selling brands..."
Is it grammatically correct? And if it is, is there any differences in meaning between the two ways of writing?
Many thanks.
grammar word-order
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Tinh LeTinh Le
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"The other three top selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and Apple"
I would like to ask if I can write " ... three top mobile phone selling brands..."
Is it grammatically correct? And if it is, is there any differences in meaning between the two ways of writing?
Many thanks.
grammar word-order
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
1
It looks like "top" is modifying "selling, so I would keep them together.
– Cascabel
yesterday
1
"top-selling" is a compound adjective: the mobile phone brands which are the 'top sellers'. You suggested sentence does not make sense to me: what is a "selling brand"?
– TrevorD
yesterday
I get your point because top selling is quite common and natural, but I tend to think "top" is modifying "Brands", and top's role in this sentence is just the same as those of "mobile phone" and "selling" which are playing as adjectives
– Tinh Le
yesterday
If you would like to have it modify "brands", you have to remove "selling". It doesn't sound natural.
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
add a comment |
"The other three top selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and Apple"
I would like to ask if I can write " ... three top mobile phone selling brands..."
Is it grammatically correct? And if it is, is there any differences in meaning between the two ways of writing?
Many thanks.
grammar word-order
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
"The other three top selling mobile phone brands between 2009 and 2013 were LG, ZTE and Apple"
I would like to ask if I can write " ... three top mobile phone selling brands..."
Is it grammatically correct? And if it is, is there any differences in meaning between the two ways of writing?
Many thanks.
grammar word-order
grammar word-order
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
asked yesterday
Tinh LeTinh Le
595
595
1
It looks like "top" is modifying "selling, so I would keep them together.
– Cascabel
yesterday
1
"top-selling" is a compound adjective: the mobile phone brands which are the 'top sellers'. You suggested sentence does not make sense to me: what is a "selling brand"?
– TrevorD
yesterday
I get your point because top selling is quite common and natural, but I tend to think "top" is modifying "Brands", and top's role in this sentence is just the same as those of "mobile phone" and "selling" which are playing as adjectives
– Tinh Le
yesterday
If you would like to have it modify "brands", you have to remove "selling". It doesn't sound natural.
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
add a comment |
1
It looks like "top" is modifying "selling, so I would keep them together.
– Cascabel
yesterday
1
"top-selling" is a compound adjective: the mobile phone brands which are the 'top sellers'. You suggested sentence does not make sense to me: what is a "selling brand"?
– TrevorD
yesterday
I get your point because top selling is quite common and natural, but I tend to think "top" is modifying "Brands", and top's role in this sentence is just the same as those of "mobile phone" and "selling" which are playing as adjectives
– Tinh Le
yesterday
If you would like to have it modify "brands", you have to remove "selling". It doesn't sound natural.
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
1
1
It looks like "top" is modifying "selling, so I would keep them together.
– Cascabel
yesterday
It looks like "top" is modifying "selling, so I would keep them together.
– Cascabel
yesterday
1
1
"top-selling" is a compound adjective: the mobile phone brands which are the 'top sellers'. You suggested sentence does not make sense to me: what is a "selling brand"?
– TrevorD
yesterday
"top-selling" is a compound adjective: the mobile phone brands which are the 'top sellers'. You suggested sentence does not make sense to me: what is a "selling brand"?
– TrevorD
yesterday
I get your point because top selling is quite common and natural, but I tend to think "top" is modifying "Brands", and top's role in this sentence is just the same as those of "mobile phone" and "selling" which are playing as adjectives
– Tinh Le
yesterday
I get your point because top selling is quite common and natural, but I tend to think "top" is modifying "Brands", and top's role in this sentence is just the same as those of "mobile phone" and "selling" which are playing as adjectives
– Tinh Le
yesterday
If you would like to have it modify "brands", you have to remove "selling". It doesn't sound natural.
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
If you would like to have it modify "brands", you have to remove "selling". It doesn't sound natural.
– Cascabel
6 hours ago
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As others highlighted, consider "top selling" as one and "mobile phone brands" as one. So it'll be "top selling mobile phone brands".
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I understand it now, thanks Usman!
– Tinh Le
yesterday
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As others highlighted, consider "top selling" as one and "mobile phone brands" as one. So it'll be "top selling mobile phone brands".
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I understand it now, thanks Usman!
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As others highlighted, consider "top selling" as one and "mobile phone brands" as one. So it'll be "top selling mobile phone brands".
answered yesterday
UsmanUsman
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I understand it now, thanks Usman!
– Tinh Le
yesterday
add a comment |
As others highlighted, consider "top selling" as one and "mobile phone brands" as one. So it'll be "top selling mobile phone brands".
answered yesterday
UsmanUsman
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As others highlighted, consider "top selling" as one and "mobile phone brands" as one. So it'll be "top selling mobile phone brands".
answered yesterday
UsmanUsman
661258
answered yesterday
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I understand it now, thanks Usman!
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I understand it now, thanks Usman!
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yesterday
I understand it now, thanks Usman!
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I understand it now, thanks Usman!
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It looks like "top" is modifying "selling, so I would keep them together.
– Cascabel
yesterday
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"top-selling" is a compound adjective: the mobile phone brands which are the 'top sellers'. You suggested sentence does not make sense to me: what is a "selling brand"?
– TrevorD
yesterday
I get your point because top selling is quite common and natural, but I tend to think "top" is modifying "Brands", and top's role in this sentence is just the same as those of "mobile phone" and "selling" which are playing as adjectives
– Tinh Le
yesterday
If you would like to have it modify "brands", you have to remove "selling". It doesn't sound natural.
– Cascabel
6 hours ago