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    Compound adjectives are formed from two or more words that modify a noun, and are generally hyphenated to avoid misinterpretation. They can be formed from a noun and past participle, noun and -ing participle, adjective, or adverb and past participle. While hyphenation is common, capitalized words in titles are not hyphenated. There are no strict rules for compound adjectives as new combinations are always possible.

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    Compound adjectives are formed from two or more words that modify a noun, and are generally hyphenated to avoid misinterpretation. They can be formed from a noun and past participle, noun and -ing participle, adjective, or adverb and past participle. While hyphenation is common, capitalized words in titles are not hyphenated. There are no strict rules for compound adjectives as new combinations are always possible.

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    Compound adjectives are formed from two or more words that modify a noun, and are generally hyphenated to avoid misinterpretation. They can be formed from a noun and past participle, noun and -ing participle, adjective, or adverb and past participle. While hyphenation is common, capitalized words in titles are not hyphenated. There are no strict rules for compound adjectives as new combinations are always possible.

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    Compound Adjectives

    Compound Adjectives
    Compound adjectives are formed of two or three words that
    work together to modify a noun.

    Generally they are hyphenated to avoid misinterpretation.

    That fifty-minutes class was so comprehensive!

    That three-hundred-page book made me sleep! It’s very boring!

    Look at that hand-made bag! I’ll buy one to my mother.


    When the words are CAPITALIZED, as in titles, we don’t
    hyphenate them.

    Examples:

    American English Dictionary of Daily Language.

    Contemporary Human Rights Magazine.

    There are no strict rules about compound adjectives, since


    new combinations are possible.
    Compound Adjectives can be
    formed of:

    Noun+past participle a hand-made bag

    Noun+participle -ing a hard-working boy

    Adjective (-ed) a blue-eyed girl

    Adverb+past participle a well-known girl

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