Questions tagged [compound-words]
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What does ‘a grade-hog’ mean?
I would like to know the meaning of a grade-hog in this New York Times quotation about How We Learn by Benedict Carey:
Carey, a New York Times science reporter, begins his book with a confession: He ...
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plural forms of adjective nouns [duplicate]
Why do we say "apple trees" but "liberal arts colleges"?
I have seen discussion like Nouns of plural form preceding another noun but I don't get a very definitive answer. It seems ...
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Is the word structure of 'politico-chicanery' acceptable?
Consider the word combination in the following sentence - “Filmography recapitulating politico-chicanery, the age of the superhero is about to yield to the age of the monster”.
I’ve always thought the ...
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Compound words/phrases that still make sense when their order is swapped [closed]
Thinking of compound words or phrases where the order of the words can be swapped around and still make sense:
Examples: Lighthouse - House Light Birdhouse - House BirdRacetrack - Track Race
So far ...
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Deep learning-based approach VS deep learning approach
I would like to find an expression to describe the approaches that use deep learning to solve a computer-related task and then compare them to the traditional approaches i.e., the approaches that do ...
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Several groups of conflicts of interest -- conflicts of interests?
I am proofing a report on a survey concerning different groups of people working in journals. The following sentence has come up: "On the other hand, transparency about conflicts of interests, ...
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Ethnic becoming ethno when making a compound word. Is this a general rule?
Ethnic becomes ethno when making the word ethnocentrism.
Is this a general rule? Words ending in "ic", let's say XXXic, becomes XXXo when making a compound word?
Or is it even more general? ...
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Do compound words have any logic?
My mother tongue is Finnish and Finns are famous for using really long compound words. English also has compound words, too, and there's a great example list of compound words on another site.
Some ...
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Question about English Spelling. What is the rule for compound words? [closed]
This came up today because I couldn't determine if "handwriting" should be written as "hand writing" or "handwriting". I know now it's "handwriting". I also ...
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The word "ornamental" : is it an opinion adjective, a purpose adjective, or part of a compound noun here?
Upon reviewing my notes on the order of adjectives, I saw that "ornamental" was listed as an opinion adjective. However, wouldn't ornamental be a "purpose" or "type" ...
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Is Hyphen a must with compound adjectives? [duplicate]
I have following sentence on a product packaging as a tagline.
Easy to use kitchen tools to simplify your workload.
I've asked a few native speakers and they said, that "Easy to use" would ...
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What is the correct use of dashes in complex phrasal adjectives in British English used in scientific writing?
Are dashes used correctly according to British English rules in the phrases below that appear in published peer-reviewed scientific journals and related articles? If not, why not and what is the ...
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is there a rule to determine whether a word is a closed compound word
I am working on a computer algorithm to detect closed compound words in texts.
Give the definition of closed compound words:
"Closed compound words are two or more words that are joined together ...
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What kind of noun is "Bookkeeping"?
It's not a gerund since "bookkeep" isn't a verb, is it?
Is "bookkeep" a verb?
Please, can someone help me understand the properties of this word? Is it, for example, a compound ...
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Adding -wise to the end of a word [closed]
Can you please tell me what -wise added to a word means? For example,
Point-wise basis algorithm.
Class-wise basis algorithm.
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