In Nouns^x, Hyphens^x

I find your sentence very satisfactory. It may be Jane Austenish but there is no law against such language even today. Why should everybody speak and write in exactly the same way in English? People don't do that in many other languages. I see no mistakes in punctuation or hyphens but I know...

Yes. I want to check whether it's hyphenated, though. Okay - it seems that it can be either hyphenated or not for the noun, though I saw a few more with the hyphen. (If you do use "high-rise building," make sure you hyphentate that.) I'd recommend using the hyphen. They...

Hi again, The only thing I can find where the hyphen is used as you say, is regarding a 1993 Oklahoma indictment where the expression "one-count felony information" is used repeatedly as if it were a compound noun. Perhaps it's a legal term used only in Oklahoma. Edit. As you...

Just thought of a third option, which is quite common too: file management system (i.e. without hyphen)

Also, you should have hyphens when they are all working to modify the noun: Beautiful, 4-bedroom, 21/2-bath, 2-story home...

Note that the forms without hyphens are verbs: stand up, sit up, etc.The forms with hyphens are nouns or adjectives: stand-up, sit-up, etc.CJ

Hi, I have difficulty in understanding why a pair of parentheses is not needed since two factors seem to be involved: 1) the use of a hyphen seems correct since two nouns, that are 'job' and 'seeker', are meant for one word and 2) the compound adjective 'job-seeker' seems to be an unusual use of...

Hi Van, I was hoping to find some samples of the kind of thing you're doing. No luck so far. The only hyphenated "on-calls" I find as nouns are part of promotional titles of web sites or company trademarks. It does seem to be widely used in the medical profession as an adjective. I find...

How do you define "compound noun"? English is full of "open compounds" - words that are not joined by a hyphen, but two seperate words that work together to be one idea. Car accident can be one of them.

My try: 1. The neighborhood Elaine Bolt lived in was composed of modest 1930' bungalows mixed with occasional apartment complexes. Is "apartment complex" a compound word? I think yes. Whare is the main stress and the secondary stress? In compound words, stress is always on...