Compound Adjectives and Hyphenation （复合形容词和断字,）.pdfVIP

The Writing Center Library Technology Center concordia.csp.edu/writingcenter 651-603-6233 writingcenter@csp.edu Compound Adjectives and Hyphenation Compound words are two or more words joined to form a new word. They can be solid (two words written as one without a hyphen, such as keyboard or goldfish), open (two words written as two words but forming a unit, with no hyphen, such as post office or attorney general), and hyphenated (two or more words linked with hyphens, such as well-being, self-imposed, ex-president , orfreckle -faced boy). Adjectives modify (describe) nouns. Example: I am wearing fancy shoes. (What kind of shoes? Fancy. Fancy is the adjective.) Ex.: He wore a faded, blue shirt. (Faded and blue are adjectives.) Compound adjectives are two or more words that together modify another word. In most cases, the two or more words are linked together with a hyphen. Hyphenated compound adjectives are used before nouns. When they come after nouns, they are not hyphenated, unless they are a hyphenated compound word anyway. Examples: I have a part -time job. but My job at Target is part time. My six-year -old cat, Phoebe, had kittens. but My cat, Phoebe, is six years old today. It was a life-changing adventure. but The experience was life changing. It was a decision-making process. but The process required decision making. Otis is afreckle -face d boy. and Otis has always beenfreckle -faced . I like one-of-a-kind shoes. and Sparky’s shoes were one-of-a-kind. We filled out a self-esteem questionnaire. and The questionnaire