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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/1/2021 10:20 AM,
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luis.chaparro@web.de">luis.chaparro@web.de</a> wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">Using -'e' on the head noun of a relative clause is entirely optional,
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">So, if a potentially ambiguous relative clause (not only in a noun-noun construction) is in context clear or if I don't want to disambiguate it for whatever reason, I don't have to place *-'e'* in the head noun (but I can always do it if I want). Have I understood it correctly?</pre>
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<p>Correct.<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">By the way, I know there are canonical examples of noun-noun constructions with noun + adjectival verb, but are there any canonical examples with a noun-noun construction containing a noun + relative clause?</pre>
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<p>Yes.</p>
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<p>There are undoubtedly others.<br>
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