[thechat] Grammatically romantic (was Hollywood Movies and Fa milies)

Cory Preus cory_preus at cnt.com
Fri Jul 19 16:19:01 CDT 2002


> "film noirs" or "films noir"? Wouldn't the plural go on the noun rather
> than the adjective?

An informal Google poll says:

film noirs: 1,120 results
films noir: 1,160 results

A more scientific approach says the phrase "film noir" is in itself a noun.

http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=film%20noir

Does that mean that "film noirs" is correct?

Cory



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