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Re: when to hyphenate adjectives and when not

This is not a comparative: it's short for "higher education" When you have two words that modify a noun, you often (usually) hyphenate them. Higher-education administrators, full-time students, 30-foot pole. When they do not modify a noun you usually do NOT hyphenate. He...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Grammar Geek 98 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs, Hyphens
Re: "all-hyphenated" noun

Hi, Thank you so much. You asked/said: I think certain words like "am" or "so" are not hyphenated when used as part of a hyphenated noun or a hyphenated adjective. Why is that? I'm not sure what you mean. Can you give some sentences that include the kind...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 100 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Hyphens, Hyphenation
Re: word classes

Hi, When she was 16-years-old a 16-year-old is a noun. 16 years old (ie no hyphens) is an adjectival phrase she ran away (preposition) from home and moved to London, then ( adverb) New York to work as ( adverb ) a nurse. During ( preposition) her time in New York, she kept in contact...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Clive 126 days ago Verbs, Prepositions, Nouns, Pronouns, Adverbs, Hyphens
Re: Do compound adjectives need to be hyphenated when they act as object complements?

In this case I would definitely use a hyphen. Otherwise there is a real risk of "school year" being read as one unit. However, in "We should leave the building perfectly intact" I would not use a hyphen. A good rule of thumb in cases of doubt: if the sentence is...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mr Wordy 126 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Adverbs, Universities, Hyphens
Re: Stand up/Stand-up/Sit down/Sit-down/Sit-up??

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

ESL General English Grammar Questions by CalifJim 288 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Hyphens
usage of hyphen

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...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Believer 297 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Hyphens
Re: words

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 the first...

ESL Vocabulary and Idioms by Doll 351 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Prepositions, Hyphens
Re: Hyphen or No Hyphen?

The hyphen is used to signal a compound modifier. No hyphen is needed if no noun is being modified. For example: "This is a life-changing moment!" The moment is neither life, nor changing. It is life changing. "That radio broadcast was life-changing!" Though it is at the end of a sentance, the...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Anonymous 1 yr 10 days ago Verbs, Nouns, Hyphens
Re: adverb-(hyphen)-adjective

Hi Philip If you google "compound adjectives", you should be able to find a number of sources. Even Wikipedia has a bit of information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_compound Scroll down to "Compound Hyphenated Adjectives" and then down to the part headed with "The following compound...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Yankee 1 yr 195 days ago Grammar, Verbs, Nouns, Numbers, Adverbs, Hyphens, Hyphenation

I can't find a source that explains what I thought I understood many years ago. The question deals with joining an adverb and an adjective with a hyphen before the noun, but not afterward: the freshly-cut lawn smells great ~ the lawn is freshly cut he is a...

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