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2025年10月21日 · 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 …
2006年7月6日 · Different variants have different spellings and different compound words. I can certainly accept that "anytime" is not standard in British English. What is different about this particular one is …
2019年5月20日 · There is no verb "takeaway". The verb is just "take" and "away" is a preposition. "Take-away" as in I'll call in at the take-away on my way home " is a compound noun. Thank you Billj; just …
2016年11月14日 · But if the phrase is used as a compound adjective before a noun, does the following look correct, with four hyphens? None of the OneLook dictionaries show an adjectival form. It was not …
2019年11月19日 · And furthermore from Merriam-Webster: The English scapegoat is a compound of the archaic verb scape, which means " escape," and goat, and is modeled on a misreading of the …
2022年3月13日 · Hello from Greece! I know that the possessive case of the compound noun 'mother-in-law' is 'mother-in-law's' as in My mother-in-law's car. What is the possessive case for the plural …
2014年11月9日 · Hello, Is there a chance we could write the parts of the compound noun lifestyle separately -- life style -- in the same meaning: a set of attitudes, habits, or possessions associated …
2021年11月24日 · Which one is correct and why? Wordreference shows "tool box", however, I've seen it also written as one noun "toolbox". When do we write compound nouns together (snowstorm) and …
2011年7月27日 · Hello, about compound nouns. 1. The key of car= the car key, but I consider "the car's key" to be reasonable in grammar. While I search "car's key" on google, there's little compatible …
2020年11月23日 · Also, if you use it attributively, you can end up with a cumbersome compound adjective: a three-hours-long drive. It would be OK used predicatively – in a statement such as “The …
