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Sat 1 Sep, 2007 11:16 am
My toy/toys collection.
Which word should I use?
Thanks.
Re: toy/s collection
Yoong Liat wrote:Which word should I use?
Answer: "Parliamentarian"
I thought you could use a challenge.
Re: toy/s collection
DrewDad wrote:Yoong Liat wrote:Which word should I use?
Answer: "Parliamentarian"
I thought you could use a challenge.
My question is:
My toy/toys collection.
Which word should I use?
What challenge are you talking about?
Simple,
My parliamentarian collection.
There.
Check my sig line, that should give you a hint....
If you want to know the rule:
Adjectives should be used in singular form. e.g. "It is a two-car garage." In your example, "toy" is describing "collection".
happycat wrote:Yoong, don't worry....I don't get it either. 
Thanks. Some of the members are getting me more confused. Being a non-native speaker, I cannot undestand their intentions.
Regards
Just to confuse the issue-
My collection of toys
The collective noun for parliamentarians is a Lie of parliamentarians not a collection. Then theres a parliament of owls
I'm gonna send my crows to murder you.
And I am going to send my parliamentarians to lie to you.
dadpad wrote:Just to confuse the issue-
My collection of toys
The collective noun for parliamentarians is a Lie of parliamentarians not a collection. Then theres a parliament of owls
I'm asking whether it is a
toy collection or
a toys collection. Now it is a collection toys. What is happening?
Ahhh Yoong,
We answered you question... and now we are playing with language a bit. Playing with language is a fine way to learn more about anything. But, you can ignore us if you like.
However the completely serious answer to your question is:
"I have a toy collection" - correct.
"I have a toys collection" -wrong
"I have a collection of toys" - also correct.
"I have a collection toys" -wrong
In the first correct example, toy acts as an adjective which modifies the noun "collection". It says what type of collection it is.
In the third example, "toys" is a noun (and there are more than one toy so it is plural). There is a collection of some number of object... which happen to be toys.
It is just two different correct ways to say pretty much the same thing.
ebrown_p wrote:Ahhh Yoong,
We answered you question... and now we are playing with language a bit. Playing with language is a fine way to learn more about anything. But, you can ignore us if you like.
However the completely serious answer to your question is:
"I have a toy collection" - correct.
"I have a toys collection" -wrong
"I have a collection of toys" - also correct.
"I have a collection toys" -wrong
In the first correct example, toy acts as an adjective which modifies the noun "collection". It says what type of collection it is.
In the third example, "toys" is a noun (and there are more than one toy so it is plural). There is a collection of some number of object... which happen to be toys.
It is just two different correct ways to say pretty much the same thing.
That's what I want. The jokes are confusing me. Maybe I've not enough sense of humour.
DrewDad wrote:Yoong Liat wrote:Maybe I've not enough sense of humour.
I've a surplus....
You should give you some of yours to me so that we've equal amount of humour.
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