a sports event?

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Anonymous  #201031  Sun, 26 Feb 06 09:27 AM

Hi,

I think you took this topic for many, many drives before but can you kindly refer me to a post or explain it clearly why there is "s" here? 

a sports event

not,  a sport event

  
Mister Micawber  #201053  Sun, 26 Feb 06 10:30 AM

It's an adjective.

M-W Online:

sport
Variant(s):or sports
Function:adjective
: of, relating to, or suitable for sports

Cambridge Dictionaries Online:

sports 
adjective [before noun]
relating to sport:
sports equipment.
It's the school sports day on Monday.

  
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