Homework Help: grammar

Posted by Lisa on Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 9:05pm.

In the following sentences, what are the common and nouns?
First sentence:
Often on October outings, Otto offers oranges to officers.
In this sentence I am confused by October. It seems like it should be a proper noun, but in a way it seems like it is functioning as an adjective to say what kind of outing it is.
Second sentence:
Lucy lost lots of laughs lingering in the lunchroom line.
The confusing part to me is the lunchroom line. Again, it seems like lunchroom and line would both be common nouns, and yet the word lunchroom seems to function as an adjective for line.

grammar - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 9:08pm
You're absolutely right about the first sentence. Although October is usually a noun, it's used as a proper adjective in this sentence.

The same is true in the second sentence. Lunchroom is used as an adjective, modifying line.

Good thinking!! :-)
- grammar - Lisa, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 9:33pm
  Thanks Sue...
  so for clarification, on a sheet where common and proper nouns are supposed to be circled and marked, I would not circle October or lunchroom?
  - grammar - anna, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 11:08pm
    i think you would not circle lunchroom
  - grammar - anna, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 11:08pm
    i think you would not circle lunchroom
grammar - Ms. Sue, Tuesday, December 11, 2007 at 9:42pm
You're welcome.

No. Since they are used as adjectives, do not circle them as nouns.

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