To be clear it’s not about “spacefaring” billionaires but about “spacing” billionaires aka dumping them out an airlock into space as seen in various “The Expanse” scenes.
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yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours agoIt’s not describing the noun, it’s part of the noun.
Quick analogy in German:
space billionaire = Weltraummilliärdär
spacefaring billionaire = weltraumreisender Milliärdär
In German, adjective + noun cannot be written together to form a new noun. To form one, only noun + noun can be used. And English is close enough to Germanic languages for that rule to remain the same, I think.
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 14 hours ago
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
That’s for the second one though, for the [verb] [noun] combination. The “[adjective]” [noun] combination implies spacefaring or similar, doesn’t it?
Rubisco@slrpnk.net 12 hours ago
You’ve convinced me.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_(linguistics)
merriam-webster.com/…/spelling-using-compound-wor…
Corrected
phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
Yes, correct.
SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 hours ago
You are correct. In English, when a noun is used to modify another noun (as an adjective does), it’s referred to as a noun adjunct, attributive noun, or, more rarely, an adjective noun. While it serves the purpose of an adjective, it’s still technically a noun.
Examples are chicken soup, toy store, race car, boat lane, etc.