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novin_haI'm learning about Nouns right now. And I am consulting two Grammar Books - my beloved Swan's Practical English Usage and Somebody's Practical Grammar of English.
Swan says that the proper form is woman-hater => woman-haters, because unlike in woman doctors the first noun is not used like an adjective.
Mr Somebody says that when the noun consists of two nouns and one of them is 'man' or 'woman' we have to change both of them in the plural - so it's woman hater => women haters.
Does anyone know which version is correct? Or if both are acceptable? Or if one of them is simply old-fashioned or something?
(I have chosen BrE, if it has any bearing on it).
Swan says that the proper form is woman-hater => woman-haters, because unlike in woman doctors the first noun is not used like an adjective.
Mr Somebody says that when the noun consists of two nouns and one of them is 'man' or 'woman' we have to change both of them in the plural - so it's woman hater => women haters.
Does anyone know which version is correct? Or if both are acceptable? Or if one of them is simply old-fashioned or something?
(I have chosen BrE, if it has any bearing on it).