| [ USA ] in KIDS 글 쓴 이(By): TACK (T@CKt@ck) 날 짜 (Date): 2002년 2월 27일 수요일 오전 06시 28분 26초 제 목(Title): Re: [질문]Airports Authority(?) in the "six million dollar man" dollar is used as a modifier, so there isn't need to pluralize the adjective. you don't pluralize adjectives. in "edmonton airports authority" edmonton is the modifier and airports and authority have the same level of significance in the phrase. it's almost like proper noun in a phrase. i forget what the proper terminiology is: it's been over 10 years since i went through grammar books. but i believe because of the significance of the airports and authority, airport needs to be pluralized to distinguish that the "authority" has power over airports (plural). think of it as, "his excellency, mr jean chretian..." "her excellency, the queen of engliand," "your honor (denoting judge)" etc. but in reality, who really cares? :) |