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Compound Nouns

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Latest post Sun, Dec 23 2007 6:52 AM by Mister Micawber. 1 replies.
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Anonymous  +  455967 Sat, 22 Dec 07 01:19 PM

Is "car-accident" a compound noun? If YES how can I prove it?

 
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Mister Micawber  +  456208 Sun, 23 Dec 07 06:52 AM

It should not be hyphenated.  I would say it is a compound noun, since the stress is on the first element.
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