original sentence:
私が選んだのは、Yale並みに学費の高い大学でした。
I think that "並みに" is a noun suffix?
A "の" between "並みに" and "学費" is optional:
私が選んだのは、Yale並みにの学費の高い大学でした。
Why is that original sentence grammatically correct?
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1Yale並みに means "like Yale". I would have used 並みの but 並みに makes sense as well. On the other hand にの is an impossible combination.– 永劫回帰Jun 21, 2016 at 14:21
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@永劫回帰 I agree that it makes sense. But, the grammar looks incorrect to me.– Just SomeoneJun 21, 2016 at 14:30
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Apparently なみ is the masu-stem (連用形) of なむ, which seems to be basically obsolete as a verb in modern Japanese (but is related to 並ぶ｛なら｝). This なむ doesn't show up in JDIC nor in my IME, but it does show up here: dictionary.goo.ne.jp/jn/165102/meaning/m0u/%E3%81%AA%E3%82%80– WeirdlyCheezyJun 21, 2016 at 14:33
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This answer (the first) might be of interest detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1072742175– 永劫回帰Jun 21, 2016 at 14:35
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並み is a noun suffix which uses の to act adjectivally and に to act adverbially.
In this case, it basically has the image of "stand shoulder-to-shoulder with", i.e. "on the same level as".
FYI, there is another meaning 並みの～, which means completely unremarkable -- totally ordinary as well.
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なみの as "unremarkable, ordinary, 普通の" is usually spelled as [並]{なみ}の, not [並]{な}みの.– chocolate ♦Jun 21, 2016 at 17:11
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Using something adverbially in a stateless environment doesn't quite make sense (to me). Also, I've never seen a noun modified by a に particle (only な and の). Yet, 並みに directly modifies 学費. Jun 21, 2016 at 19:24
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