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    Compound Adjectives: Proper Nouns

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    The document discusses compound adjectives, which are adjectives composed of more than one word usually joined by a hyphen. It provides examples of compound adjectives and discusses when capitalization is used instead of hyphens for compound adjectives formed from proper nouns. It also briefly covers other types of compound words.

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    The document discusses compound adjectives, which are adjectives composed of more than one word usually joined by a hyphen. It provides examples of compound adjectives and discusses when capitalization is used instead of hyphens for compound adjectives formed from proper nouns. It also briefly covers other types of compound words.

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    Compound Adjectives

    A compound adjective is an adjective that comprises more than


    one word. Usually, hyphens are used to link the words together to
    show that it is one adjective.

    Examples:

    Please request a four-foot table.


    ('Four-foot' is an adjective describing the table. A hyphen is used
    to link 'four'
    and 'foot' to show that it is one adjective.)

    It is a 6-page document.

    Claire worked as a part-time keeper at the safari park.

    That is an all-too-common mistake.

    Compound Adjectives from Proper Nouns

    Often adjectives are formed from proper nouns (i.e., the names of
    things), which should be written using capital letters. In these
    circumstances, there is no need to group the words together using
    hyphens.

    Examples:

    Did you manage to get the Billy Elliot tickets?


    (The words 'Billy Elliot' are one adjective describing the tickets. As
    the capital
    letters group the words, there is no need to use a hyphen.)

    1. Compound nouns
    a. Noun + noun: bath towel; boy-friend; death blow
    b. Verb + noun: pickpocket; breakfast
    c. Noun +verb: nosebleed; sunshine
    d. Verb +verb: make-believe
    e. Adjective + noun: deep structure; fast-food
    f. Particle + noun: in-crowd; down-town
    g. Adverb + noun: now generation
    h. Verb + particle: cop-out; drop-out
    i. Phrase compounds: son-in-law
    2. Compound verbs
    a. Noun + verb: sky-dive
    b. Adjective + verb: fine-tune
    c. Particle + verb: overbook
    d. Adjective + noun: brown-bag
    3. Compound adjectives
    a. Noun + adjective: card-carrying; childproof
    b. Verb + adjective: fail safe
    c. Adjective + adjective: open-ended
    d. Adverb + adjective: cross-modal
    e. Particle + adjective: over-qualified
    f. Noun + noun: coffee-table
    g. Verb + noun: roll-neck
    h. Adjective + noun: red-brick; blue-collar
    i. Particle + noun: in-depth
    j. Verb + verb: go-go; make-believe
    k. Adjective/Adverb + verb: high-rise;
    l. Verb + particle: see-through; tow-away
    4. Compound adverbs
    uptightly
    cross-modally
    5. Neo-classical compounds
    astro-naut
    hydro-electric
    mechano-phobe

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