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Can “novice” be used as adjective?
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This lesson will help the novice or experienced traveler avoid potential travel problems, allowing for a pleasant journey.
Does the “novice” above be used as an adjective?
Aug 16, 2011 8:32 PM
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This is an example of a noun acting as an adjective. It is quite common; office door, clothes shop, tennis shoes, novice traveller.
August 16, 2011
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If your question was actually "can novice be used as an adjective," then the answer is of course: she is a novice hairdresser, he is a novice teacher, she is a novice politician, etc.
But in the examples you used, it is functioning as a noun.
August 16, 2011
I read it as a noun, parallel to "experienced traveler".
August 16, 2011
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