Questions tagged [compound-adjectives]
The compound-adjectives tag has no usage guidance.
187
questions
2
votes
0answers
40 views
What part of speech do the quoted constructions belong to? [duplicate]
This yoghurt is ...
"getting out of these shoes" good
"not catching the bouquet" good,
"not getting stuck with a groom's man shorter than you" good.
I have found no articles on this sort of (it ...
0
votes
0answers
12 views
“She isn't a movie-going person” [migrated]
What does "movie-going" mean in this phrase? Can we use the same for other locations like the theater or the stadium?
She isn't a movie-going person
Source:
https://twitter.com/tvs_movies/status/...
2
votes
0answers
16 views
Why “dog-eats-dog” cannot be a phrasal adjective but “dog-eat-dog” can? [migrated]
Dog eats dog sounds correct but it's not an adjective here. As soon as it becomes an adjective we remove s from eats, Why?
0
votes
0answers
8 views
Which is proper, “3 thousand dead” or “3 thousands dead”? [migrated]
I wonder if 3-thousand dead can be rewritten as 3 thousands dead? Are both of them correct? What's the difference between them?
0
votes
2answers
50 views
Can a phrasal adjective be placed AFTER a noun? [closed]
If phrasal adjectives can be placed after nouns, what are some examples?
0
votes
0answers
30 views
Using compound adjectives correctly
Which is correct?
He held the three-by-five-black-and-white photo between his fingers...
He held the three-by-five black-and-white photo between his fingers...
I think the first is correct. The ...
3
votes
1answer
539 views
Can you put past participle adjectives in plural form?
My teacher said the word 'grownup' can become 'grownups' but if it's written as two separate words 'grown up' with no hyphen it changes into 'growns up'.
It doesn't sound right to me and I tried to ...
4
votes
2answers
77 views
Why do grammars claim that adjective+adjective is always a morphological compound and never a syntactic construction?
According to CGEL (and all other sources I looked at so far, such as Quirk et al. and Biber et al.), the following are morphological compounds, i.e. compound adjectives, and not syntactic composites ...
0
votes
1answer
61 views
open-minded gramatically
What are constructions like 'open-minded' grammatically? If you say they're paticiples I ask of which verb ('to open-mind' or 'to mind'? With which meaning then? Is there a meaning of 'to mind' like '...
1
vote
0answers
29 views
How to construct the -ish form of a compund adjective? [closed]
Will it be yellow-greenish, yellowish-greenish or yellowish-green?
1
vote
1answer
77 views
Is 'a 210-million-people market' correctly written? [duplicate]
Usually I find compound adjectives quite straightforward, but I'm not so sure when it comes to the following:
A 210-million-people market
So how should I refer to a market 210 million people large ...
2
votes
1answer
87 views
Why “well-behaved” instead of “well-behaving”
According to the rules of compound adjectives, the Ving/Ved in "Adv-Ving/Ved" form depends on the original verb in a sentence. For example, "well-liked" comes from "somebody [who] is liked well." In ...
0
votes
1answer
53 views
Time indiscrete or Temporally indiscrete
Is the word combination temporally indiscrete or time indiscrete correct adjectives, when describing for instance a system which works on the basis of continuous time (and not discrete time)? I am ...
0
votes
2answers
37 views
high-energy electrons vs. high-energetic electrons
I am writing some text about a population of electrons with very high energies. Which of the following statement is correct (or "better" as compared to the others):
[...] a population of high-energy ...
0
votes
1answer
36 views
What would an adjective to an adjective be called? [closed]
In the sentence "The very fast dog ran outside.", the words are article (adjective?) adjective noun verb adverb.
Would it be correct to say "very" in that sentence is also an adjective word? Or would ...
1
vote
1answer
23 views
What words or concepts describe how something feels like/ is experienced like for the first time?
I can’t explain myself better than this, but I’m looking for something that describes a first impression, the experience of doing something new for the first time, specially something meaningful. For ...
0
votes
0answers
19 views
How do I define a school which has an international licence?
How can I define a school or corporation which has an international licence?
Can I use "holder" or is "holder" used for just a person?
Which would be correct?
Internationally licensed school
...
1
vote
2answers
96 views
What grammatical role is “blood” playing in the phrase “blood red”?
"Blood red" can be both a noun and an adjective:
Blood red is my favourite colour. [noun]
The wall was blood red. [adjective]
The "blood" is optional in the sense it can be removed without ...
0
votes
1answer
380 views
Difference between “safe from” vs “safe of” something
When indicating that something is secured from something dangerous it is possible to say that it is safe from something. For example, you might say
Properly kept farm animals are safe from ...
0
votes
2answers
38 views
Is there a word that describes someone with a light footprint? [duplicate]
I need a word to describe someone who lives a happy, purposeful life without needing a lot of resources. The words "light footprint" and "low maintenance" come to mind, but I'd like a word/adjectival ...
1
vote
1answer
49 views
What does 'fungus-growing' mean?
Renowned Swiss entomologist Martin Luscher described the mounds of
this fungus-growing species as being as much as 16 feet tall, 16 feet
in diameter at their base, and with a cement-like wall of ...
0
votes
0answers
20 views
Are both “6-month follow-up” and “6-months follow-up” correct? [duplicate]
After a quick search it seems that most people would prefer "6-month follow-up". I just wonder if one is correct and one incorrect or if both usage can be justified. I try to understand the logic ...
1
vote
0answers
27 views
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 "...
0
votes
1answer
62 views
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” ...
2
votes
0answers
27 views
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 ...
0
votes
1answer
1k views
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 "...
3
votes
1answer
299 views
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,...
2
votes
3answers
109 views
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-...
2
votes
2answers
56 views
Why does the adjective “suitable” come after “hands-on activities”?
Please clarify the grammar used in the sentence below.
Most museums provide hands-on activities suitable for both children and adults.
Question: Why is the adjective "suitable for" placed after ...
2
votes
3answers
91 views
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....
0
votes
1answer
39 views
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 ...
4
votes
1answer
164 views
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 ...
2
votes
2answers
95 views
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,...
4
votes
2answers
144 views
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 ...
2
votes
3answers
497 views
Word or phrase used to describe someone who controls someone else through possessions or financial means
Not sure if such a phrase or word to describe a person/actions actually exists. Have been using “to lord something over someone,” but this might not be the correct usage.
ex1: If someone pays for a ...
1
vote
3answers
160 views
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. (...
0
votes
3answers
80 views
“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 ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
58 views
definite article 'a'
The Cambridge Grammar of the English Language, pag 529, says:
Predeterminer AdjPs (e.g., such a nuisance, or so serious a problem) occur as
external modifier in NP structure, preceding the ...
1
vote
1answer
376 views
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?
1
vote
4answers
265 views
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, ...
1
vote
2answers
201 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
84 views
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" ...
0
votes
1answer
28 views
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 ...
2
votes
1answer
91 views
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 ...
1
vote
1answer
156 views
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?
6
votes
6answers
636 views
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,...
0
votes
1answer
188 views
What part of speech is “care” in the following sentences?
Joe is the student with the highest grade
With the highest grade is an adjective phrase modifying student, with "with" being a preposition and "highest" being the adjective.
But in the following ...
0
votes
1answer
81 views
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 ...
1
vote
2answers
433 views
Can one get away with using the root “surl” from the adjective “surly” in a sentence?
It always strikes me as odd when an adjective that ends in y doesn't have a dictionary defined root noun (funny≈fun; angry≈anger; silly≠sill; etc).
More specifically, I'm trying to write a lyric, and ...
