In case no-one has already referred you to it: Stig Johansson years ago
wrote a whole book on compounds with plural modifiers -- the book
contains numerous examples. I don't remember the title, but I refer to
it in my own book as mentioned in my signature panel below.
Best regards,
Geoffrey Sampson
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Prof. Geoffrey Sampson MA PhD MBCS CITP ILTM
author of "The 'Language Instinct' Debate"
Department of Informatics, University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton BN1 9QH, England
www.grsampson.net +44 1273 678525
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