The country has an extensive network of motorways V motorways system

English as a Second Language English Vocabulary, Grammar and Idioms
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Hi

The country has an extensive network of motorways.

Would it be fine to say “The country has an extensive motorways system”?

Many thanks. Bye

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Hmm… I suppose the answer is yes.

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I suppose it’s okay, though personally I would say ‘motorway system’.

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Hi dear Bev, thanks a lot! :wink:

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Hi Francis.

Your sentence has an example of the noun becoming an adjective and in that case dropping the ‘s’. The sort of example I means is: ‘A book of prayers’ becomes ‘a prayer book’. Your

is really a system of motorways and this becomes a motorway system.

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Hi Alan,

Thanks for your explanation. Now it’s definitively clear why the correct form is “motorway system”.

Have a good day.