Questions tagged [compound-adjectives]
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Open compound nouns used as adjectives
When multiple words form an adjective, the result is hyphenated, e.g. "a man-eating lion" instead of "a man eating lion", or "I wrote a six-page essay" instead of "I wrote a six page essay". What I ...
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Compound adjective hyphenation
In the following sentence:
Directly substituting all continuous-time components of X by their previously described discrete-time counterparts results in Y because/as [...]
I'm unsure if "...
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My question is about compounds adjectives
I have been reading archaeological literature in english and some descriptions are constructed with several complex compound adjectives. My question is when you have for example “soft hammer flakes” ...
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Is there a technique used when someone splits a compound noun into two parts?
My student has asked whether the splitting of the compound word keyhole into key hole is a particular literary technique. I didn't know!
It's relevant to the text, as it is about disconnection and ...
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Do I need the hyphen?
"Part-Time" in the beginning of this sentence is technically a compound adjective to employment, but it is separated by "or temporary." Do I still hyphenate "part-time"? The same question holds for "...
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spatio or spatial
Searching the Google scholar,
"spatio-temporal" returnn 778,000 hits,
"spatial-temporal" returns 798,000 hits,
"spatial-temporal scales" returns 3,620 hits,
"spatio-temporal scales" returns 13,...
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Is “urban-rural gap” a proper English term for a disparity between urban and rural areas or just a word-for-word translation from Chinese?
I came across this phrase when I was reading a research paper. Here's a quote from the abstract:
I find that the urban-rural gap accounts for 40% of mean country inequality and much of its cross-...
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Looking for a specific synonym of “selfish” [duplicate]
A word or phrase that describes best a specific type of person or their behavior. The type of person that would not act upon a threat if said threat is not affecting their personal well-being directly....
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Saddle-point problem vs saddle point problem
I work in computer science/applied math, and I frequently see sentences such as "We wish to solve a bilinear saddle point problem." My problem is that this does not seem correct based on my ...
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10 Year Challenge
The hashtag 10yearchallenge is very trendy now, but the use of the compond adjective (10-year) makes it look like it's a challenge that spanned 10 years, however, it's the name of the challenge not an ...
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Hyphenation in “first century AD” etc as an adjective
I edit a lot of articles that contain phrases such as "A first century AD inscription..." or "First century BC writer Herodotus..." I know that a compound adjective before a noun is usually hyphenated,...
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What is the type of an adjective “fed up”
Recently, I stumbled upon a phrase "fed up" in one sentence. On the first glance, I was thinking it should be a phrasal verb but it didn't correlate with the sentence meaning. I found out that it is ...
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What word would work as a better substitute for “Stalker”?
Context
I am working on a game and one of the Classes in it is "Rogue". (Original, I know.) I'm trying to find a term that accurately describes and can serve as a name for one of the Subclasses. (...
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“Typical liberal bulls-t” or “typically liberal bulls-t”?
My liberal friend wrote that he's gonna do some research soon.
I asked, "Into what?"
"[Redacted.] Typically liberal bullshit," he replied self-depricatingly.
Then he corrects himself: "*typical"
But ...
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What is the correct usage of hyphens with ranges (as in “a 5 to 10 minute rest”)?
I'm having issues with figuring out which is correct:
"The teacher told the students to take a 5 to 10 minute rest."
"The teacher told the students to take a 5-to-10 minute rest."
"The teacher told ...
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What are the rules surrounding a hyphen following an abbreviation?
For instance, if something is owned by Apple Inc. does that make the compound phrasal adjective 'Apple Inc.-owned'? Or would I omit the period?
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How does one properly hyphenate compound adjectives that are locations?
Compound adjectives preceding a noun are hyphenated, but how does one properly hyphenate locations? Please include sources.
E.g.
hyphenated, compound adjective: state-of-the-art technology
city, ...
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Hyphen usage with expressions in compound adjectives
Compound adjectives are hyphenated, e.g. "data-to-field binding". But how is the hyphen used when one of the words in the compound adjective is an expression? For example, how would you hyphenate the ...
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Is it better to list adjectives, with an “and”? [duplicate]
When we use more than one adjective, e.g.
The big, red, bouncy balloon.
The list of three adjectives {big, red, and bouncy} is a list, so by rights it should be separated by commas, with an "and" ...
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Client and server side componets
I'm having a problem to refer to the components that are in both, the client-side and the server-side.
I started writing: "client and server-side components" (1)
I did that in order to avoid ...
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hyphenation of compound adjectives [closed]
Proofreading a friend's work, I came across the following phrase:
[teachers and students] work collaboratively to change long held, potentially incorrect and deeply believed views
Now, while I'm ...
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Hyphenation of Compound Adjective
Is this correct: Representation of a 4 to 9-node-quadrilateral element?
and this: which is the case of a multi-degree of freedom problem?
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Word for a country that has enough water for drinking, crops, forests, etc
When we refer to a country facing an acute scarcity of water, we use the compound adjective 'water-stressed' for that country.
But what do you call a country that has enough water for drinking, crops,...
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Compound Adjectives: Usage after “is” / Usage with noun
I'm currently writing a text in which I have some object called a graph, which has the attribute of being planar in a special way, namely in the multi-level way. I'm pretty certain that I should call ...
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Is “dead” possible before any adjective?
I've seen combinations like "dead serious", "dead gorgeous" and...
Is it possible to have "dead" before any other adjective(s)? Such as dead difficult or dead stupid? If not, how can one know which ...
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Hyphenating “Pulitzer Prize winning” as adjective
I'm looking for authority on hyphenating the following phrase with a compound modifier. Which is correct?
She was a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, or
She was a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, or
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Intelligent-intensive or Intelligence-intensive?
Which of the titular phrases is the most appropriate and correct to express a work or task that mainly relies on the intelligence of an entity?
Stats of matches from Google Books:
Intelligent-...
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How old is the practice of hyphenating compound adjectives?
In Shakespeare’s Henry IV Part One at 1.3.230 Hotspur refers to Hal contemptuously as
that same sword-and-buckler Prince of Wales
At Internet Shakespeare Editions the “Modern” ...
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Is “top-of-the-line” or specific forms of compound adjective colloquial? Any general rule?
I am asking this question in the context of writing an academic paper. I am thinking if there exists a general rule regards to judging whether a compound adjective is colloquial, and, in this instance,...
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Compound Adjectives Separated by “or”
I'd like to say the following and I'm wondering if I should keep the hyphen after "ground":
Ground- or boat-based observations are difficult.
Since the individual pieces pieces of that sentence ...
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Using multiple compound adjectives in single sentence
Can one use multiple compound adjectives in a single sentence? Example:
Packed with energy-rich power, these batteries are specially formulated for power-hungry, high-drain devices.
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For those who use American English, how do you use your dictionary for this? [closed]
Please DO NOT answer this question if you use British English. You might help by answering the other question I posted just before this one.
I have found examples suggesting there is a fundamental ...
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Do AmE and BrE dictionaries treat compound adjectives differently?
My (BrE) OED and (AmE) dictionary.com both list the adjective 'middle-class' with a hyphen.
The OED provides these examples:
a middle-class attitude
The magazine is very middle-class.
The (AmE)...
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Phrasal adjective before/after noun. US/UK usage split?
Over on ELL I was a bit surprised by a (competent) native speaker of American English saying Books hard to find can be expensive is to my AmE ear no less idiomatic than Hard-to-find books can be ...
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“Church Catholic” versus “Catholic Church” is the first form acceptable?
I heard both expressions, but the first sounds more "creedal". Although, just the second is fine according to the English language norms. When is "Church Catholic" fine to be used? The Merriam Webster ...
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Does the order of adjectives, “fresh” and “fried”, affect meaning? [closed]
Fresh fried fish
Fried fresh fish
Fish fried fresh
Fish fresh fried
Fried fish fresh
What's the difference between the ways of writing the same idea above?
What are the ...
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What does “consequence-free chance” mean?
I read this sentence on TIME (Oct.23 2017),
Having announced that he will retire at the end of 2018, Corker, once a key Trump ally, could emerge as a leading check on some of the President’s worst ...
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U.S Men's National Team or U.S Men National Team [duplicate]
Can you explain which one is correct or if both are correct, under which scenario one is more suitable than the other? I have this doubt in general, when to use nouns as adjectives or possession like ...
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Which is correct, criterion- or criteria- in a compound adjective?
Which is correct "criterion-based analysis" or "criteria-based analysis?" I have seen "criterion-referenced testing" and also "criteria-based assessment." I understand "criteria" is the plural and I ...
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Adjective position [closed]
1.Mathematics teacher
2.Mathematic teacher
3.Teacher in mathematics
Which one is grammatically correct ?
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Should “heavy-duty” always be hyphenated when used as an adjective? [closed]
An example term: super heavy-duty construction
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Small enumeration of some people deaths [closed]
Events are being recapped. First died James, then both the twins that the reader already knows, then dies John's sister, then a statue gets broken.
I'm translating an heavy-built phrase from Italian, ...
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Hyphenation Query (Compound words hyphenated alongside adjectival phrases?) [duplicate]
Not sure if I've correctly titled this query; my grammatical lexicon is severely wanting.
The phrase in question is from a short story, and is as follows:
"More likely a second—floor-apartment ...
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“Half-Blooded Prince” vs “Half-Blood Prince”
We all know there is the novel called "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince"
"half-blood" is compound adjective modifying Prince.
But, what is difference when we use "half-blooded Prince" instead ...
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“strange-noise-making machine” is a correct phrase?
I wonder if these phrase following is correct? Can you help me
"strange-noise-making machine"
"Make-strange-noise machine"
If they are not correct, how can we fix it?
Examples:
My motorbike is ...
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The use of “over-” as an excess term (as in “overzealous”)
Is the word "overzealous" only used in a negative sense? Because I understand that "over-exaggerate" is used in a negative way due to it's double-excessive use. Would that mean any excessive term ...
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Syntax of “two-letter word,” “five-mile run,” “three-hour play”?
Araucaria's answer to the following ELL question ("Why is “letter” not plural in “two letter words”?") brought up an interesting issue that I am still unsure about. What is the internal syntactic ...
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Is it correct to use 'present' after a noun or pronoun?
Can an adjective go just after a noun?
The teachers present in the hall are my life saviours.
In this sentence is using 'present in the hall' right or should I say 'presenting in the hall'?
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Should it be “clotted cream scones” or “clotted-cream scones”? [duplicate]
I'm eating clotted cream-covered scones.
or
I'm eating clotted-cream-covered scones.
or
I'm eating clotted cream covered scones.
Formally, I thought they'd have to be clotted-cream scones, ...
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Multiple nouns compounding with the same adjective
What is the correct way of writing resource-intensive and knowledge-intensive in contracted form?
Would it be:
Resource- and knowledge-intensive?
Or:
Resource and knowledge-intensive?
