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Q&A What to do about noun clusters

To me, it seems that your examples don't include a sequence of nouns, but nouns that are more than one word. Here are your examples, with added quotes to delimit the nouns: The "Web Product Prov...

posted 14y ago by Bevan‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T01:10:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Bevan‭ · 2019-12-08T01:10:11Z (almost 5 years ago)
To me, it seems that your examples don't include a sequence of nouns, but nouns that are more than one word.

Here are your examples, with added quotes to delimit the nouns:

1. The "Web Product Provider" search "print Individual Provider Map" does not print the listing originally found

2. The "operations review evaluation task force" is responsible for this task.

3. He doesn't know how to read the "aperture adjustment calibration manual".

4. She started the "12-week half-marathon training regimen for beginners".

Perhaps I'm missing something (perhaps I'm part of the problem!) but multi-word nouns are nothing new to the English language:

- time series
- curriculum vitae
- remote control
- Cameron's room
- toenail clippers

I'm not arguing that your original example is well written - since it didn't communicate clearly, it wasn't.

Assuming that my parsing of the phrase is correct, I'd rewite it this way:

> The product provider search on the website does not print the listing originally found when I search for "print Individual Provider Map"

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-02-05T08:15:22Z (almost 14 years ago)
Original score: 2