Hyphenated Compound Words List Lesson Summary Frequently Asked Questions Why do we hyphenate compound words? Compound words may need to be hyphenated for several reasons: to avoid confusion, to express multiple words as one idea, or to make the most grammatical sense with the parts of speech in...
Compound words are when two or more words combine to form a new single word or a phrase that acts like a single word. There are three different types of compound words in grammar: open compound words with spaces between the words (ice cream), closed compound words with no spaces (firefig...
It's enough to drive even the most exacting writers, proofers, and editors a little batty sometimes: More than one descriptive word precedes a noun, forming what we call a compound modifier. Do we need to hyphenate the words, or are they well enough left
Compound Words: hyphenated words
Compound words hyphenated with GREP prefer not to break at all Susan Culligan Contributor , May 24, 2023 Copy link to clipboard Hi! I found the lovely GREP style for preventing bad breaks in compound words (applying NoBreak and entering "\b\w+?-\w+?\b"), but I fi...
One of the most confusing issues for some reason, at least in the Northeastern United States where I live, is adding the S sound to a family name. The Problem has a History The problem, of course, is rooted in Old English which for many words the possessive form of the word ended ...
For example, The Canadian Oxford Dictionary (1998) lists the compound adjectives well-developed and well-acquainted, but thesedo not appear in thelist of hyphenated words in the Gage Canadian Dictionary (2000). How do you spell well acquainted?
Compound words consist of more than one main word. It is the formation of a new word with two or more words. Sometimes, it could be a suffix or prefix before the main word. An example is “mal-nutrition” and the word “enjoy-ment.” ...
It was regarding managing compound phrases autonomously rather than trying to devise complex "work-arounds." Turning off hyphens forces Indesign to keep words together rather than line-breaking them and inserting a hyphen. It does nothing for compout phrases that are typed with hyphens such as...
1) hyphenated compound words 连字式复合词 1. Through the comparison of the application ofhyphenated compound words(HCW) in written news English reports (WNE), broadcasting news English reports (BNE) and general English (BNC), this paper intends to find out the characteristics of written news En...