Is "今の" in "今のは誰？" considered a synthetic noun?


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?




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. :)

