A + Adjective + noun, or adjective + A + noun Why is it sometimes a + Adjective + noun, sometimes Adjective + A + noun

A + Adjective + noun, or adjective + A + noun Why is it sometimes a + Adjective + noun, sometimes Adjective + A + noun

So + Adjective + A + singular noun
Such a / an + Adjective + singular noun
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In English, nouns are used as attributives
Give examples, and say words

A woman teacher a woman teacher a few women teachers an apple tree some apple trees nouns are used as attributives. Nouns used as attributives often describe the material, use, time, place, content and category of nouns

Can nouns be attributives in English
Oxford practical English grammar only talks about three uses of nouns: object, predicative and subject. Can it be used as an attributive, just like the word "glass" in Chinese, it can be used as an attributive, such as "glass door". Is there a similar usage in English

Yes. It seems that you have a heart
A woman teacher
Some women teachers
an apple tree
some apple trees
The use of nouns as attributives
Attributive nouns are often used to describe the material, use, time, place, content, category, etc
1. Materials
a diamond necklace
a bamboo pole
paper money
a stone bridge
2. Purpose
a meeting room
the telephone poles
the railway staion
trade union
water pipe
welcome speech
eye drops
3. Time
a day bed
the dinner party
the Apring and Autum Period
evening suit
midday lunch
4. Location
London hotels
Beijing University
body temperature
the spaceship floor
the kitchen window
5. Content
a story book
piano lessons
the sports meet
oxygen supply
the air pressure
the grammar rules
⒍ category
children education
enemy soldiers
a bus driver
A noun used as an attributive usually has no corresponding adjective with the same root. It can be either living or inanimate; it can be countable or uncountable. It can indicate A. place, B. time, C. purpose or use, D. type, e. raw material or source of the modified noun. For example: A. city streets, a corner shop, a Kitchen table, a roof garden, b.summer holidays, Sunday papers, November fogs, C.A tennis court, a tennis club, a peace conference, milk bottles, D.A love story, a murder story, Traffic lights, a train driver, e.stone walls, straw hats, rubber boots, pineapple juice, plant fat
When nouns are used as attributives, they are usually singular, but in some cases they are plural
Goods train, sports meeting, machines hall
Note: when the modified noun becomes plural, generally speaking, the noun used as attribute does not need to be plural, but when the noun modified by man or woman becomes plural, both parts need to be plural
Man doctors men doctors
Woman singer - women singers
Some nouns used as attributives have corresponding adjectives with the same root. Generally speaking, nouns as attributives focus on the content or nature of the modified noun; adjectives with the same root as attributives often describe the characteristics of the modified noun. For example, "bold watch" means that the watch contains gold; while "golden watch" means that the watch is gold, not necessarily gold
Stone house
Stone heart
Peace conference
Peace building
There are some differences between noun attributive and possessive attributive. Generally speaking, noun attributive usually indicates the nature of the modified word, while possessive attributive emphasizes the ownership of the modified word or the predicate relation in logic, In "the party's calls", Party plays the role of action sender. Although calls are nouns, they have the meaning of action
A student teacher
A student's teacher