Timeline for Hyphens and two-word nouns [duplicate]
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| May 16 at 16:39 | comment | added | Gnosophilon | Thanks for the clarification! | |
| May 13 at 17:09 | history | closed |
Edwin Ashworth fev Chenmunka |
Duplicate of "This is an interesting-looking book." | |
| May 13 at 14:19 | comment | added | BillJ | @Gnosophilon Your reformulated example uses "machine-learning" as object of the preposition "in", where it is thus a compound noun (compare also "... in dressmaking", "... in star-gazing", both compound nouns). But your original examples used "machine-learning" as an attributive modifier of the noun "research", and thus it is a compound adjective. It consists of the noun "machine" as the first component and the gerund-participle verb "cutting" as head. | |
| May 13 at 13:41 | review | Close votes | |||
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| May 13 at 13:16 | comment | added | Edwin Ashworth | Yes, for 'cost-cutting' at least: 'an exercise in cost cutting'. In this sentence, the hyphen is optional Many would here see cost[-]cutting as a compound noun, optionally open or hyphenated. | |
| May 13 at 13:12 | history | edited | Edwin Ashworth | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 13 at 12:27 | comment | added | Gnosophilon | @BillJ Sorry, I'm not sure I understand this. I'd reformulate the sentence as "A researcher in machine learning." Your other examples do not necessarily work like this unless I'm mistaken. | |
| May 13 at 12:25 | comment | added | Gnosophilon | @KillingTime Yes, I am. | |
| May 13 at 10:07 | comment | added | BillJ | 2. Is correct, but "machine-learning" is not a compound noun but a verb-centred compound adjective. Other similar verb-centred compound adjectives include", cost-cutting" and "fact-learning". Note the hyphens. | |
| May 13 at 7:53 | comment | added | KillingTime | Are you aiming at a readership who knows what "machine learning" is? | |
| S May 13 at 7:49 | review | First questions | |||
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| S May 13 at 7:49 | history | asked | Gnosophilon | CC BY-SA 4.0 |