Cas noun composition

Question 1

Noun + noun

When discribing categories types
When one describes another.
It doesn’t indicate possession.
the first noun act as a adjective.

Common and natural way to speak.

eg
computer screen (=a screen of a computer) whole
coffee cup (=a cup for coffee) function
car door (=The door of a car) type and whole
chocolate cake (=a cake made with chocolate) type
tootthpaste (= a paste for your teeth)
car factory (= a shelf for book) type

Answer 1

eg
computer screen (=a screen of a computer) whole
coffee cup (=a cup for coffee) function
car door (=The door of a car) type and whole
chocolate cake (=a cake made with chocolate) type
tootthpaste (= a paste for your teeth)
car factory (= a shelf for book) type

Question 2

eg
computer screen (=a screen of a computer) whole
coffee cup (=a cup for coffee) function
car door (=The door of a car) type and whole
chocolate cake (=a cake made with chocolate) type
tootthpaste (= a paste for your teeth)
car factory (= a shelf for book) type

Answer 2

Noun + noun

When discribing categories types
When one describes another.
It doesn’t indicate possession.
the first noun act as a adjective.

Common and natural way to speak.

eg
computer screen (=a screen of a computer) whole
coffee cup (=a cup for coffee) function
car door (=The door of a car) type and whole
chocolate cake (=a cake made with chocolate) type
tootthpaste (= a paste for your teeth)
car factory (= a shelf for book) type

Question 3

noun of noun

Emphasize the relationship between two things.
It’s formal and usually used in written english.

Tipically, it refers to something that possesses.
or
related to the second noun.

the second noun often indicates what’s being possessed.

-Used when the first noun is intangible, abstract or non-tangible thing.
-When referring to the parts of whole

eg
the door of the car (right, but car door is more common) a thing
the end of a movie (abstract relationship)
the capital of chile (abstract and location relationship)
the top of the mountain (a part of a whole)

car engine (better than the engine of the car)(a thing of a whole)
company policy (better than ‘the policy of the company’)

the color of the sky (non tangible, the sky possesses or has color)
the history of the city (non tangible, the city has a history)
the roof of the house(non tangible, the house has a roof)

Answer 3

eg
the door of the car (right, but car door is more common) a thing
the end of a movie (abstract relationship)
the capital of chile (abstract and location relationship)
the top of the mountain (a part of a whole)

car engine (better than the engine of the car)(a thing of a whole)
company policy (better than ‘the policy of the company’)

the color of the sky (non tangible, the sky possesses or has color)
the history of the city (non tangible, the city has a history)
the roof of the house(non tangible, the house has a roof)

Question 4

eg
the door of the car (right, but car door is more common) a thing
the end of a movie (abstract relationship)
the capital of chile (abstract and location relationship)
the top of the mountain (a part of a whole)

car engine (better than the engine of the car)(a thing of a whole)
company policy (better than ‘the policy of the company’)

the color of the sky (non tangible, the sky possesses or has color)
the history of the city (non tangible, the city has a history)
the roof of the house(non tangible, the house has a roof)

Answer 4

noun of noun

Emphasize the relationship between two things.
It’s formal and usually used in written english.

Tipically, it refers to something that possesses.
or
related to the second noun.

the second noun often indicates what’s being possessed.

-Used when the first noun is intangible, abstract or non-tangible thing.
-When referring to the parts of whole

eg
the door of the car (right, but car door is more common) a thing
the end of a movie (abstract relationship)
the capital of chile (abstract and location relationship)
the top of the mountain (a part of a whole)

car engine (better than the engine of the car)(a thing of a whole)
company policy (better than ‘the policy of the company’)

the color of the sky (non tangible, the sky possesses or has color)
the history of the city (non tangible, the city has a history)
the roof of the house(non tangible, the house has a roof)

Question 5

noun’s noun
When the first noun owns the second noun.