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Compound Adjectives
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Compound adjectives are generally hyphenated when they
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immediately precede the noun that they modify (see
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). Some examples of compound adjectives are
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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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As shown below, the hyphen can determine the meaning of
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a 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
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misreading 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
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adjective that is modifying a noun, no punctuation falls
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between the adverb and the adjective, as adverb +
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adjective + noun is 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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In some cases, compound adjectives are also hyphenated
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when acting as a predicate adjective (following a linking
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verb) if they still function as a unit modifier.
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That dog is good-looking. He seems tough-minded.
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More information
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Coordinate and Noncoordinate Modifiers
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