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Pedants' corner

Female vs women

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parched · 04/01/2011 21:21

Is women really an adjective? Women priests, women doctors, women MPs - surely these chould all be female? One never hears man priests, man doctors, so why women? Is it wrong that this drives me nuts?

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DrSeuss · 05/01/2011 11:04

The word women in those phrases is a noun, not an adjective. Female is an adjective or a noun depending on context.

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