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Anewcomer  #495939  Wed, 02 Apr 08 07:48 PM

Dear Teacher

Hi CJ you missed one of my question

Is the heat acting as adjective in this context "There's only a slight heat increase on the bottom of the computer" ?

From my opinion it's adjective, because if it's an object (noun) here the incease would be "increasing" or "which is increasing" or "which increases"

So am I right about this

Thanks

 

  
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CalifJim  #495942  Wed, 02 Apr 08 08:01 PM
 In heat increase, heat is a noun serving as an adjective modifying increase.  Together they form a 'compound noun'.  Compound nouns are one of the most common structures in English.

Compare:

population survey, committee chairman, library book

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Anewcomer  #495950  Wed, 02 Apr 08 08:24 PM

Hi CJ

why wouldn't these work " "There has not been any problem that happens to me" No. and "There has not been any problem happening to me" No. and "There has not been any problem happened to me" No. ) " while there're like these (source nytimes.com) ''Right from the beginning, every day there have been people calling and coming to our house, "Ever since there have been pop stars, there have been people charged with making them sound their best"

 Waiting for your explanation

Thanks so much

  
Avangi  #496037  Thu, 03 Apr 08 02:40 AM

No problem with "there had / have been people (who) did / were doing / do / are doing strange things."  Has someone suggested this is wrong? I missed it.

I mentioned in my first post that problems don't happen, and you replied that you knew that.  What's up?  (Bad things happen when you have problems.)

You say, "I have a headache."  You don't say, "A headache happened to me."  Tell me why?

Best wishes,  - A.

  
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