Compound Words
Open, Closed, or Hyphenated
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Compound nouns
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What is a compund word?
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Definition
Closed Compund Words
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Examples
Open compund words
Hyphenated Compund Words
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Definition
A compound word is two or more words linked together to produce a word with a new meaning:
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What is a compund word?
Compound words are individual words (or phrases that act as individual words) made from two or more words working together. They can be most parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and even prepositions like inside, outside, within, and without.
Compund Nouns
We usually make compound nouns with a noun + noun, with a verb (or a word made from a verb) + noun, or with an adjective + noun:
The usual spoken stress pattern is with stress on the first item (earphones, blackboard)
In a compound noun, we can combine different elements. These include:
- subject + verb: earache (an ear that aches), rainfall (rain that falls)
- verb + subject: cleaning products (products that clean)
- verb + object: know-all (person who thinks they know everything)
- object + verb: shoe-polish (polishes shoes), dishwasher (washes dishes)
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open Compund words
spaces between the words
Open compound words have spaces in between the words, which can make them hard to identify. But despite how they look, open compound words always act like single words. They always appear together, in the same order, and they each have their own unique meanings.Open compound words are mostly nouns, and they’re used the same as regular nouns. If you want to make an open compound word plural, you usually pluralize only the final word in the group, not all the words.
Closed Compund Words
No spaces between the words
Closed compound words are much easier to remember and to use. There are no spaces between the words, so closed compound words both look and act like individual words.
You can find closed compound words in almost all parts of speech. Adverbs like sometimes or anyday are closed compound words, as are the prepositions inside, outside,within, and without. Even the word cannot, a shortened form of the phrase “can not,” is a closed compound word.
Hyphenated Compund Words
Hyphens between the words
Hyphenated compound words have hyphens between each of the independent words that serve as connectors. The hyphens are a visual cue that the words form one unit. it’s important that you pluralize the right part.When compound words are used as adjectives, the hyphenation rules change depending on where the compound adjective comes in the sentences.
If the compound adjective comes before the noun it modifies (describes), you should usually add a hyphen
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Compound Words
Open, Closed, or Hyphenated
Start
Índice
Compound nouns
03
What is a compund word?
02
01
Definition
Closed Compund Words
04
06
05
Examples
Open compund words
Hyphenated Compund Words
07
Definition
A compound word is two or more words linked together to produce a word with a new meaning:
+Info
What is a compund word?
Compound words are individual words (or phrases that act as individual words) made from two or more words working together. They can be most parts of speech, including nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and even prepositions like inside, outside, within, and without.
Compund Nouns
We usually make compound nouns with a noun + noun, with a verb (or a word made from a verb) + noun, or with an adjective + noun:
The usual spoken stress pattern is with stress on the first item (earphones, blackboard) In a compound noun, we can combine different elements. These include:
+Info
open Compund words
spaces between the words
Open compound words have spaces in between the words, which can make them hard to identify. But despite how they look, open compound words always act like single words. They always appear together, in the same order, and they each have their own unique meanings.Open compound words are mostly nouns, and they’re used the same as regular nouns. If you want to make an open compound word plural, you usually pluralize only the final word in the group, not all the words.
Closed Compund Words
No spaces between the words
Closed compound words are much easier to remember and to use. There are no spaces between the words, so closed compound words both look and act like individual words. You can find closed compound words in almost all parts of speech. Adverbs like sometimes or anyday are closed compound words, as are the prepositions inside, outside,within, and without. Even the word cannot, a shortened form of the phrase “can not,” is a closed compound word.
Hyphenated Compund Words
Hyphens between the words
Hyphenated compound words have hyphens between each of the independent words that serve as connectors. The hyphens are a visual cue that the words form one unit. it’s important that you pluralize the right part.When compound words are used as adjectives, the hyphenation rules change depending on where the compound adjective comes in the sentences. If the compound adjective comes before the noun it modifies (describes), you should usually add a hyphen