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Jag_safina75  +  380573 Sun, 17 Jun 07 07:54 AM

(1) When I turned around, I saw a pearl-shape faced boy

(2) When I turned around, I saw a pearl-shaped face boy

I'm inclined to think the first sentence is correct, can anyone help?
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I think 1 is correct as you are using the first three words as adverb, adjectives and I have never heard of a face boy, which should probably be hyphenated if you do mean to call him a face-boy!  Also, I thought pearls had many shapes, so possibly the writer would prefer to call him a pearly-faced boy as this implies both the colour and texture of a pearl, and a roundness to the boy's face.
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Stannum  +  380599 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:45 AM

G'day Jag safina,

I do not think that the construction is standard English.

When I turned around, I saw a boy with an oval shaped face.

When I turned around, I saw a boy with a pearl shaped face.

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Yoong Liat  +  380601 Sun, 17 Jun 07 10:49 AM
 Jag_safina75 wrote:

(1) When I turned around, I saw a pearl-shape faced boy

(2) When I turned around, I saw a pearl-shaped face boy

I'm inclined to think the first sentence is correct, can anyone help?

When I turned around, I saw a boy with a pearl-shaped face.

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Marius Hancu, 2 yr 160 days ago
pearl-shape-faced boy
Spectacled-Girl, 2 yr 159 days ago

 Marius Hancu wrote:
pearl-shape-faced boy

Why do you say that? I don't understand...Thinking [*-)]

Yoong Liat  +  380721 Sun, 17 Jun 07 04:20 PM
 Spectacled-Girl wrote:

 Marius Hancu wrote:
pearl-shape-faced boy

Why do you say that? I don't understand...Thinking [*-)]

Me too. I think it is a very awkward phrase.

Yoong Liat
Stannum  +  380777 Sun, 17 Jun 07 09:14 PM
 Yoong Liat wrote:
 Spectacled-Girl wrote:

 Marius Hancu wrote:
pearl-shape-faced boy

Why do you say that? I don't understand...Thinking [*-)]

Me too. I think it is a very awkward phrase.

I concur.

I am not aware of many multiple hyphenations and those that I can think of are idiomatic.

Stannum
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