What part of speech are the following highlighted words?
- the bank card
- the Lloyds card
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2Does this answer your question? Is this noun used as an adjective? – Edwin Ashworth Aug 26 '20 at 15:56
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They are noun phrases; and the bold-faced ones function as adjs. – Ram Pillai Aug 26 '20 at 16:34
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Note that by making the edits you did, you unintentionally vandalized your own question, making it impossible to answer. I have reinstated the highlighted words you were referencing but had deleted. – Jason Bassford Aug 26 '20 at 17:00
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@RamPillai I wouldn't go along with what you say. Adjective is not a function but a part of speech. The nouns in bold are attributive (or pre-head) modifiers. – BillJ Aug 26 '20 at 17:24
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Nouns can modify nouns in English. I would say they are nouns functioning as modifiers which typically are taken care of by adjectives.
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They are commonly referred to as attributive nouns or noun adjuncts. – Jason Bassford Aug 26 '20 at 17:02