Good afternoon all,

After a [discussion](http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/3274/2012/4/30),
I was wondering is "今の" in _"今のは誰？"_ considered a synthetic noun?

My analysis of the sentence "今のは誰？" is:

>   1. noun 今: just now
>
>   2. genitive particle の (converts the noun 今 into an adjective to describe
> 人)
>
>   3. noun 人: person (optional due to
> [ellipsis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis_%28linguistics%29))
>
>   4. topic-marker は (optional due to
> [ellipsis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis_%28linguistics%29))
>
>   5. (pro)noun だれ: who
>
>

[Flaw](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/users/542/flaw)'s analysis of the
same sentence "今のは誰？" is:

>   1. noun 今の: just now that _one_
>
>   2. topic-marker は (optional due to
> [ellipsis](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis_%28linguistics%29))
>
>   3. (pro)noun だれ: who
>
>

Flaw's argument is that "今の" is a _synthetic_ noun (it can be used anywhere
where a noun can be used). Assuming that that holds true, it must mean that we
can say "今のの[noun]" because "[noun]の[noun]" is surely grammatical.

So basically, I was wondering Is 今のの[noun] considered grammatical?

For example, is "今のの状態" (phrase [found
here](http://www.geocities.jp/geninhatms/tft.htm)) considered grammatical?
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Is "今の" in "今のは誰？" considered a synthetic noun?
Note that 赤いの (the/a red one(s)) also functions in place of nouns. 赤いのの...
seems strange, but it parses, and it does express "the ... of the red one".

どちらの車のドアが開けっ放しですか？ (Which car's door has been left open?)

あの赤いののです。 (The one of the red one there.)

”今のの” yields 5300,0000 (go sen, sanbyaku man) hits on Google.

So のの is not a ... no-no. :)
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This a is a simple case of omission.

For example you could say 私の本 and shorten that to 私の when 本 is obvious.

Like wise you could say 私の本の１０ページ and shorten that to 私のの１０ページ.

The problem with cases like this is that it is often very hard for nonnative
speakers to identify what is considered obvious and what isn't.
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