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B3A3
Compound Adjectives
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Compound adjectives, also called unit modifiers, are words
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that work together as a unit to modify a noun or pronoun. A
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"quick-thinking speaker" is not a quick speaker or a thinking
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speaker, but a speaker who thinks quickly. Although they
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function as adjectives, compound adjectives may also be
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composed of adverbs, nouns, participles, and even verbs.
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Some examples of compound adjectives are listed below.
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these high-risk ventures
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this more-organized approach
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his fleece-lined coat
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a spur-of-the-moment decision
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a face-the-facts meeting
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the 50-yard dash
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Compound adjectives are generally hyphenated when they
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immediately precede the noun that they modify. As shown
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below, the hyphen can determine the meaning of a
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sentence and is used to avoid confusion:
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He will be satisfied only with some more intricate plans.
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(He already has some intricate plans but wants more of
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them.)
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He will be satisfied only with some more-intricate plans.
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(He has some plans but wants some that are more
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intricate.)
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Compound adjectives that are so well known that misreading
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is unlikely are rarely hyphenated.
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high school classes sodium chloride solution
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problem solving session Civil War stories
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Note that when an adverb ending in
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-ly
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modifies an adjective
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that is modifying a noun, no punctuation falls between the
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adverb and the adjective, as adverb + adjective + noun is
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the normal word order.
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a highly disputed case an overly anxious manner
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the widely held opinion
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More information
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Coordinate and Noncoordinate Modifiers
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