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Compound nouns are either separate words (apple juice), or hyphenated words (brother-in-law), or one word (headmaster).
certain compound words that cannot be written as one word are HYPHENATEDexattorney-in-law
Blue- eyed
Some examples of compound words that are plural are: Passersby Court-martials Knights-errant
Fire Fly-Fire Flies
Some examples of hyphenated compound words are well-known, free-range, up-to-date, self-control, and mother-in-law. These words typically combine two or more words with a hyphen to create a single concept or descriptor.
No, "starting point" is not hyphenated. It is two separate words.
Delegate-at-large is a hyphenated compound noun.When attempting to pluralise such words it is important to identify that part of the compound that is subject to the change in number and add the plural inflection (-s) to that element.Delegate-at-large is a special type of delegate, therefore delegate is subject to the plural inflection, so the plural of delegate-at-large is delegates-at-large.
Three types of compound words with examples containing "eye": Open compound word: black eye Close compound word: eyewitness Hyphenated compound word: one-eyed-king
There are three types of compound words: closed compound word - two different words put together to make a new word examples - boyfriend, without, mankind hyphenated compound word - i.e. level-headed, fun-loving, mind-boggling open compound word - two words that go together but there's a space between them examples: bus driver, candy cane, draft pick brown bag
Some examples of hyphenated words beginning with "a" include: anti-inflammatory cross-reference self-esteem up-to-date
Compound words, numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine, and adjectives formed by adding -like or -wide should be hyphenated. Additionally, compound modifiers that come before a noun should also be hyphenated for clarity.