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Rania
Rania

Is the word jazz in ( jazz music) adjective or noun?



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Chantelle
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Hi Rania,

Thanks for your great question!

"Jazz" should be used as an adjective but sometimes people use it as a noun, even though this is not linguistically correct.

  • Adjective: I like jazz music.
  • Noun: He's listening to jazz.

This is similar to when people use words like 'party' as a verb. It's not technically correct, but is used widely and accepted in informal speech.

Hope this helps? C

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Rowland
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In your example (jazz music), jazz is an adjective. It is also commonly accepted to use jazz as a noun to name that type of music.

There is also the phrasal verb "jazz up" which means to enliven.

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The word jazz in "jazz music" is an adjective because it describes the noun "music"

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