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Can I also say "He is very hard worker"?We wouldn't spell it with a hyphen. We would just say 'He is a very hard worker'.
Can you explain grammatically please?No.
The a+very+noun combination sounds odd to me. That's the reason I asked the question.Your sentence is missing an article.
EDIT: You had it in your original post - why remove it now?
I am confused here. In the post#28 of the thread below, I have been told that "English speaker" is a noun+noun combination.Have another look at #2 - a+very+adjective+noun.
hard - WordReference.com Dictionary of English
adj
5 performing or carrying on work with great effort or energy: a hard worker.
"hard" is an adjective. "worker" is a noun. What is "hard worker" in terms of grammar?"Very" is an adverb. It modifies "hard" - how hard does he work?
"Hard" is an adjective.
"Worker" is a countable noun. It needs a determiner.
A countable noun phrase which needs a determiner."hard" is an adjective. "worker" is a noun. What is "hard worker" in terms of grammar?
You are comparing apples and oranges. The examples have nothing in common, so cannot lead to confusion.I am confused here. In the post#28 of the thread below, I have been told that "English speaker" is a noun+noun combination.
Here you're saying that "hard worker" is adjective+noun combination.
A noun phrase which, as Myridon observes, is incomplete."hard" is an adjective. "worker" is a noun. What is "hard worker" in terms of grammar?
