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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 480011, member: 5629&quot;]In the term &quot;coin collector&quot;, the noun, coin, is acting as an adjective, while being positioned adjacent to the modified noun.&nbsp; When a noun acts as a adjective (giving further information about another noun) then it is called a nominalized adjective.&nbsp; All nominalized adjectives are given in the singular form of the noun.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thus, if you collects car<b>s</b>, you would be a &quot;car collector&quot;.&nbsp; If you collect wine<b>s</b>, you would be a &quot;wine collector&quot;.&nbsp; When using a noun as an adjective (a nominalized adjective), you drop the plurality.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you ask why, there is no why...it is a law of English grammar.&nbsp; It would be like asking why 2+2=4.&nbsp; There is no reasoning behind it, it is simply a law of the mathematics we utilize.&nbsp; We could very well say II+II=IV instead.&nbsp; The concept is still the same, just termed differently.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps you in your language arts dilemma.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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