study office vs. studies office

[Jupiter]

Hi teachers,

Sometimes adjectival nouns are in their plural form and sometimes not. Is there any reason or preference for that?

Thanks in advance

Jupiter

[Jamie (K)]

Jupiter, I think you're mis-parsing some longer expression. I don't know of any term "studies office", but there are terms such as "Asian studies office" or "Latin American studies office". Those are the offices for Asian studies and Latin American studies. So the word "studies" belongs with the terms that come before it, and not with the word "office".

[Jupiter]

Hi Jamie,

Thanks for your explanation.
The term of studies office is used in my university as a department.

For example, please contact studies office for more information.

I wanna know that can I say "please contact study office for more information"?

Thanks in advance

Jupiter