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Hi everyone... I'm totally confused how to use "for" and "because" in compound and complex sentences. For example in this sentence, "She did not go to the park, for it was too late in the evening." It's called a compo...
I noticed that some compound nouns of "metre" exist, such as "decimetre", "kilometre" (various multiples of units of measurement) Yes. Kilometre is the standard spelling in British English, as is centimetre and millim...
I know that a compound sentence consists of two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as "and", "but" and "or". But what if we omit the subject in the second clause?
As some of us know, "high school" is never hyphenated when used as an adjective, even when it precedes a noun (as in "high school student"), which is the usual rule. Is there a list of other compound adjectives that N...
Hello In my country, contractors can build single apartment buildings or a group of apartment buildings surrounded by a fence and usually has a gate and a name. It's like a small neighborhood that is isolated from the...
What does "to compound upon itself" mean? It means, roughly, If listeners knew what others thought was good, that knowledge would influence their opinions about what was good.
Hello, I just want to ask, are all compound nouns and adjectives which end with ING come with a hyphen even they are at the end of a sentence? example...
for me, phrase is simply defined as a string of more than one word (two is the least for sure), typed separately by space. now this what confuses me the most. how does the third kind of compound word differ from phras...
Hi everybody! There is a well known rule that you should use a singular noun and a hyphen in case of a compound modifier: a fifteen-minute talk (= a talk of fifteen minutes) This rule, however, only covers situations ...
Hi everyone, It looks like most compound adjectives are always hyphened when they precede the noun that they modify (with some exceptions when the meaning is really obvious, like high school teacher, live chat support...
