Swampy  +  65451 Wed, 05 Jan 05 04:55 PM There's a very useful exercise in my beloved "First Certificate" of Longman. Someone might even remember me posting other exercises of this book. But let us get down to business. You must compound an adjective using a word in bold together with a word in italics. strong- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered well- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered quick- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered light- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered cold- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered half- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered open- headed, skinned, dressed, minded, hearted, behaved, tempered Someone with more advanced english skills than mine would be thanked to death if they helped to conjugate these words. Swampy Joined on Tue, Aug 31 2004 New Member 34

	MrPedantic  +  65535 Thu, 06 Jan 05 12:04 AM Hello Swampy Why not try first, and then we'll check your answers? MrP MrPedantic Joined on Tue, Oct 12 2004 Veteran Member 12,592 ...opella forensis / adducit febris...

	MrPedantic  +  65558 Thu, 06 Jan 05 01:15 AM They sound good to me, Guest! 'Strong-skinned' is slightly odd, at first glance; but it would serve as an epithet for Achilles. Or a very old bowl of custard. Is it my imagination, or do the last 6 make a little story? MrP MrPedantic

	Swampy  +  65586 Thu, 06 Jan 05 02:07 AM Thanks for a little care, MrPedantic. I've actually done this exercise briefly beforehand with the help of a dictionary. Though it wasn't a very rich one. Also, I add to my answers some probable (in my view) variants. strong-headed (headstrong), strong-minded, well-dressed, well-behaved, quick-minded, quick-tempered, light-headed, light-dressed, cold-skinned, cold-minded, cold-hearted, open-headed, open-minded. I didn't locate any suitable with 'skinned', so 'cold-skinned' is there for a try. Swampy

	MrPedantic  +  65588 Thu, 06 Jan 05 02:16 AM Looks great, Swampy, except for one or two: light-dressed – not really; you'd say 'lightly dressed'. cold-minded – fine for 'poetic' usage. open-headed – not really; it suggests the victim of a mad axeman. Also: light-hearted, light-skinned, open-hearted. MrP MrPedantic

	Clive  +  492528 Mon, 24 Mar 08 09:28 PM Hi, I need compun compound adejctives that finish in made, free, proof, necked (3 of each one) Can you try first? Can you think of even one? Also I need compound adjectives beginning with self and if they are positive or negatives characteristics (as many as you can ) This seems to be mainly a matter of looking in a dictionary. Have you tried that? Best wishes, Clive Clive Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004 Canada Veteran Member 29,592 El tango argentino es un pensamiento triste que se puede bailar (The tango argentino is a sad thought which can be danced) Enrique Santos Discépolo Negatives