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	Compound (linguistics) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Obviously, an endocentric compound tends to be of the same part of speech (word class) as its head.
		A type of compound that is fairly common in the Indo-European languages is formed of a verb and its object, and in effect transforms a simple verbal clause into a noun.
		Compound prepositions formed by prepositions and nouns are common in English and the Romance languages (consider English on top of, Spanish encima de, etc.).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Compound_adjective (1001 words)

	English compound - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Compounds that contain affixes, such as house-build(er) and single-mind(ed)(ness), as well as adjective-adjective compounds and verb-verb compounds, such as blue-green and freeze-dry, are often hyphenated.
		In the case of verb+noun compounds, the noun may be either the subject or the object of the verb.
		Compound verbs composed of a noun and verb are comparatively rare, and the noun is generally not the direct object of the verb.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/English_compound (2207 words)

	The American Heritage® Book of English Usage. 1996. Page 255
		Compound adjectives formed with an adverb plus an adjective or a participle are often hyphenated when they occur before the noun they modify: a well-known actor, an ill-advised move, best-loved poems, a much-improved situation, the so-called cure.
		Many compounds of this type have become permanent and are therefore hyphenated whether they precede or follow the noun they modify: a well-worn shirt, his shirt was well-worn; the tongue-tied winner, she remained tongue-tied.
		Compound adjectives formed with a noun, adjective, or adverb and a present participle are hyphenated when the compound precedes the noun it modifies: a bone-chilling tale, two good-looking sons, long-lasting friendship.
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	Compound Words (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A compound adjective that follows the noun is ordinarily not hyphenated unless it is shown with a hyphen in the dictionary.
		A compound adjective that is a foreign language phrase is not hyphenated unless it is hyphenated in the original language.
		With compound adjectives that drop a repeated element, the hyphen is retained to indicate parallel relationships.
	www.epri.com /corporate/discover_epri/epri_facts/reportspecs/style3.html (627 words)

	d. Word Compounding. 8. Word Formation. The American Heritage Book of English Usage. 1996
		A permanent compound is fixed by common usage and can usually be found in the dictionary, whereas a temporary compound consists of two or more words joined by a hyphen as needed, usually to modify another word or to avoid ambiguity.
		Compound adjectives formed with high- or low- are generally hyphenated: high-quality programming, low-budget films.
		Nouns or adjectives consisting of a short verb combined with a preposition are either hyphenated or written solid depending on current usage.
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	Predicate Usage
		Note that a noun with a predicate adjective comprises a complete clause (in fact a complete sentence may be expressed with a predicate adjective and a noun, as you will see below).
		Since both the noun and the adjective match in gender, number and definiteness, we translate the phrase as “the old man.” Note that this is an attributive - not predicative - usage of the adjective.
		In this case, though both the noun and the adjective agree in gender and number, they are both indefinite, so we can translate attributively as “an old woman” or predicatively “a woman is old,” depending on the context.
	www.hebrew4christians.com /Grammar/Unit_Five/Predicate_Usage/predicate_usage.html (522 words)

	Subjects to be thought at English Department
		The components of a compound are united together by means of the uniting stress, as rule it follows on the first component.
		English compound as rule have solid or hyphenated spelling there are cases when one and the same word may have solid, hyphenated, or separate spelling in different content.
		We have idiomatic compounds that mean the meaning of the whole is not a sum of the meaning of its component.
	members.tripod.com /zubairomari/id6.html (3401 words)

	Language in India
		Adjectives and adverb in Tamil are syntactically recognized category. They are not decided by the type of inflection they receive; rather they are identified by their function in the sentential construction.
		The qualitative adjectives are reconstructed as qualitative nouns.
		Generally, adjectives in Tamil are taken as a separate category on the basis of their syntactic behaviour and not from the point of view of their morphological features.
	www.languageinindia.com /oct2005/wordformationrajendranbook2.html (14748 words)

	hyphenation: Part I (Hyphenated Compounds)
		And even though some dictionaries may vary in their treatment of certain permanent compounds, at least the presence of one form or another in an authoritative dictionary provides justification for the style the writer finally settles on.
		Permanent compounds often start out as improvised compounds, but then become so widely accepted that they are included in the dictionary as permanent compounds.
		When a written-out number or a numeral is joined to a unit of measurement and the resulting compound is used as an adjective, use a hyphen to join the number and its unit of measurement.
	www.grammartips.homestead.com /hyphens1.html (855 words)

	compound - a Whatis.com definition
		1) In chemistry, a compound is a substance that results from a combination of two or more different chemical elements, in such a way that the atoms of the different elements are held together by chemical bonds that are difficult to break.
		Sometimes, when an element is exposed to a compound, a reaction occurs in which new compounds are formed (as when pure elemental sodium is immersed in liquid water).
		Examples of this usage include compound eye (found in various insects), compound microscope (a high-power magnifying instrument consisting of more than one lens), compound sentence (a sentence that is a conjunction or disjunction of smaller sentences), and compound document, an organized collection of user interfaces that form a single integrated perceptual environment.
	whatis.techtarget.com /gDefinition/0,294236,sid44_gci859528,00.html (426 words)

	ELI Grammar Hotline -- Spelling, Capitalization, Hyphenation
		Most sources, but not all, insist that compound nouns and compound adjectives are hyphenated when they precede a noun but not hyphenated when they follow a noun.
		Compound adjectives of color are spelled with two words -- bluish gray sky, emerald green sweater, orange pink lipstick, purple pink flowers.
		When you use it as an adjective, you should hyphenate it: "on-site amenities." However, when you use it as a prepositional phrase after a verb, you should not hyphenate it: "the amenities are already on site." The use of the combined word "onsite" should be reserved for informal use in memos and email.
	www.udel.edu /eli/questions/g03.html (6393 words)

	Grammar and style guide.
		If a compound adjective precedes a noun, hyphenate the words that make it up if it is not obvious that they function as a unit.
		Most compound adjectives that include a number are hyphenated, regardless of whether the number is spelled out or expressed as a numeral.
		Adjectives and adverbs are the parts of speech that the term modifier brings to mind — adjectives modify nouns and sometimes pronouns, and adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
	laurentgrenier.com /grammar&style.html (20451 words)

	University of Pittsburgh: University Marketing Communications
		Use as two words without a hyphen as a noun and as one word without a hyphen as an adjective, unless the term is treated differently as part of a proper name.
		Compound adjectives of three or more words are hyphenated when placed before the noun.
		When the words that make up a compound adjective follow the noun they modify, they are not hyphenated.
	www.umc.pitt.edu /umc/styleguide/h.html (371 words)

	Adverbs: 'correctly-spelled' or 'correctly spelled' ? (Linguistics)
		To determine whether an -ly word is an adverb or an adjective, omit the second part of the compound.
		Use a hyphen in compound adjectives consisting of an adverb plus a present or past participle.
		Do not use a hyphen in a three-word compound adjective when the first two elements are adverbs.
	www.proz.com /post/119581?&print=1 (621 words)

	Free TOEFL Help Forum
		The compound adjectives are used to additional information about the noun which is being modified/qualified e.g.
		Here, the word 'shoes' is pl.noun and the compound adjective 'new-bright' means new as well as bright shoes.
		The example u gave three-day vacation, perhaps doesn't make compound adjective because the word 'day' is not an adjective, it is a noun.
	www.languagesystems.com /forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=1018 (171 words)

	Questions on Adjectives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Compound modifiers are never hyphenated when they appear in positions other than directly before nouns.
		If all the other headings are in Latin and follow the Latin practice of matching the endings on adjectives in gender, number, and case with the nouns they modify, you might opt for a Latinate ending in the name of parallelism.
		If it’s an adjective before a noun, however, most writers would insert hyphens to eliminate ambiguity ("Their first-come, first-served policy means that you often have to wait for a table.").
	www2.ncsu.edu:8010 /ncsu/grammar/Adject3.html (4559 words)

	Hyperviews:Online Winter 2000 Feature
		The third is a simple adjective derived from the second, compound form.
		However, a prepositional phrase used as a compound adjective is hyphenated.
		Note that once a compound has become accepted in the language, it can become a noun as well as an adjective.
	www.stcsig.org /oi/hyperviews/archive/00Winter/001f4.htm (754 words)

	The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
		To check if a compound noun is two words, one word, or hyphenated, you may need to look it up in the dictionary.
		Phrases that have both verb, noun, and adjective forms should appear as separate words when used as verbs and as one word when used as nouns or adjectives.
		Compound verbs are either hyphenated or appear as one word.
	www.grammarbook.com /punctuation/hyphens.asp (462 words)

	APA Style Tips
		Most compound adjective rules are applicable only when the compound adjective precedes the term it modifies.
		If a compound adjective follows the term, do not use a hyphen, because relationships are sufficiently clear without one.
		When two or more compound modifiers have a common base, this base is sometimes omitted in all except the last modifier, but the hyphens are retained.
	www.apastyle.org /tipweek111201.html (128 words)

	Questions on Hyphens
		The punctuation convention is to hyphenate compound modifiers whenever they appear in phrases in which the relationship among the words might be ambiguous or confusing.
		Answer: A compound modifier should be hyphenated in a position before a noun (e.g., a "labor-intensive activity").
		When a compound modifier stands before a noun, it is hyp henated to eliminate ambiguity.
	www.ncsu.edu /ncsu/grammar/Hyphen3.html (1755 words)

	INDEX
		In D’ni, the adjective ahnotahm is the combination of two nouns, ahno (water) and tahm (fire).
		Study of this form of adjective is frustrating, since finding comparable examples is difficult.
		Since there is no logical connection between the grammatical idea expressed in the 1st singular plural verb (we work) and the adjective form of the verb (working), this linguist is left no option but to suggest that such formulations are errors in the original text, perhaps misspelled noun-to-adjective suffixes (-ehts) improperly applied to verbs.
	linguists.bahro.com /domahreh/grammar/chapter2/otheradj.html (371 words)

	Wordwizard Clubhouse - strange (?) use of hyphen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In “6-ft. hole,” or better yet, “6-ft. holes,” the hyphen is of course correct because it identifies a compound adjective; otherwise we might think there’s such a thing as a “foot hole,” and that there were six of them.
		However, the adjective itself is premodified by "6-feet".
		if the adverb in a compound adjective cannot be misread as an adjective modifying the noun (the use of hyphens with adverbs ending in ly and with the adverb 'well' are the most common errors):"
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	Compound Words: When to Hyphenate
		A compound word is a combination of two or more words that function as a single unit of meaning.
		Hyphenated compounds, such as "merry-go-round" and "well-being," are the second type.
		That is, it is a compound that is being formed for a very specific situation.
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	EditFast Grammar Resource: Adjectives and Adverbs: Hyphenated Compound Adjectives
		A compound adjective is a group of words that provides a single description of a noun that follows.
		Thus, proper hyphenation of compound adjectives increases understanding and speeds the reader along.
		Each compound adjective in these sentences provides a single description of the noun that follows it, regardless of whether the adjective has two, three, or more words in it.
	www.editfast.com /english/grammar/adjectives_adverbs/adjectives_adverbs_rules_7.htm (258 words)

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