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Which is correct: "names list" , "name's list" or "names-list"?
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derek...@my-deja.com
Jan 17, 2001, 11:36:11 AM1/17/01
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Which of the following is a correct rephrase of "list of
names": "names list" or "name's list"? I would think the latter is not
correct given that the "names" do not possess the list; the plural
noun "names" is being used as an adjective to describe the list, or
perhaps it should be a compound noun, "names-list"? Can someone point
me to a reference for the correct usage so I can settle a friendly
dispute with a colleague?
names": "names list" or "name's list"? I would think the latter is not
correct given that the "names" do not possess the list; the plural
noun "names" is being used as an adjective to describe the list, or
perhaps it should be a compound noun, "names-list"? Can someone point
me to a reference for the correct usage so I can settle a friendly
dispute with a colleague?
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Alan Jones
Jan 17, 2001, 1:58:05 PM1/17/01
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<derek...@my-deja.com> wrote in message news:944hlq$3mv$1...@nnrp1.deja.com...
attributively to modify "list". Perhaps "name list"? After all, a "book
shelf" or a "book shop" holds more than one book. But what is wrong with
"list of names"?
Alan Jones
derek...@my-deja.com
Jan 18, 2001, 3:02:51 AM1/18/01
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I agree, "names list" looked correct to me...and, yes, "list of names"
avoids the problem altogether. I was just trying to resolve a dispute
with my boss who insisted that it should be "name's list". Actually,
that was just a simplified case of the actual dispute which
was "predecessors list" vs. "predecessor's list" or "predecessors'
list". I know that "list of predecessors" would have been better
phrasing, but now that the issue has come up, I wanted to get a
definitive answer, and provide a reference if possible to prove my
point. Unfortunately, I was not convincing in my argument that the
predecessors did not own the list, they made up the list--seemed like a
good argument to me.
avoids the problem altogether. I was just trying to resolve a dispute
with my boss who insisted that it should be "name's list". Actually,
that was just a simplified case of the actual dispute which
was "predecessors list" vs. "predecessor's list" or "predecessors'
list". I know that "list of predecessors" would have been better
phrasing, but now that the issue has come up, I wanted to get a
definitive answer, and provide a reference if possible to prove my
point. Unfortunately, I was not convincing in my argument that the
predecessors did not own the list, they made up the list--seemed like a
good argument to me.
In article <1Xl96.3812$pp2.4...@news3.cableinet.net>,
Daniel James
Jan 18, 2001, 7:32:45 AM1/18/01
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In article <944hlq$3mv$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>, wrote:
> Which of the following is a correct rephrase of "list of
> names": "names list" or "name's list"?
> Which of the following is a correct rephrase of "list of
> names": "names list" or "name's list"?
"Name list". Definitely. As in "book list", "song list", etc..
> I would think the latter is not correct given that the "names"
> do not possess the list ...
Right, but ... "name's list" would mean a list that belonged to a
single name. If the list belonged to several names it would be the
"names' list", and if the list belonged to a single thing called
"names" it would be "names's list".
Cheers,
Daniel.
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Nov 15, 2017, 4:01:41 AM11/15/17
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Bill McCray
Nov 15, 2017, 8:46:53 AM11/15/17
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so I would call it a name list.
Bill in Kentucky
Anton Shepelev
Nov 15, 2017, 8:51:50 AM11/15/17
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Bill McCray:
>A noun modifying another noun is usually singular
>(e.g. used car lot), so I would call it a name
>list.
There are exceptions, such as "systems programming"
and "human resources manager."
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>A noun modifying another noun is usually singular
>(e.g. used car lot), so I would call it a name
>list.
and "human resources manager."
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