Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

global service provider

English answer:

global service provider

Added to glossary by Louisa Tchaicha
Sep 6, 2011 14:01
12 yrs ago
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English term

global service provider

English Other General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters title
Hi there,

Can somebody please tell me which is the most correct grammatically speaking:
I would personally use the singular.

-global service provider
or
-global services provider?

Thank you in advance
Change log

Sep 6, 2011 15:00: philgoddard changed "Language pair" from "French to English" to "English"

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Discussion

emiledgar Sep 6, 2011:
I vote for singular.

Responses

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Selected

global service provider

Yes, you are correct, the singular is required
Note from asker:
thank you :)
Peer comment(s):

agree Joshua Wolfe
37 mins
agree Yolanda Broad : Standard rule for a noun modifying another noun.
40 mins
agree philgoddard : Could have found this by Googling.
58 mins
agree Stephen D
59 mins
agree FX Torrentz
1 hr
agree Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
1 hr
agree Lara Barnett
1 hr
agree Stephanie Ezrol
7 hrs
agree Phong Le
9 hrs
agree amarpaul
12 hrs
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