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  1. How to use "for" and "because" in compund and complex ...

    Dec 19, 2024 · I'm totally confused how to use " for " and " because " in compound and complex sentences. For example in this sentence, "She did not go to the park, for it was too late in the evening."

  2. Hyphen with compound adjective [civil service-orientated skills ...

    Jul 19, 2012 · If the hyphen goes anywhere - and i'm not convinced one is needed at all - it goes between Civil and Service. Because "civil service" is a compound noun that could bear having a hyphen, but it …

  3. compound - WordReference Forums

    May 6, 2011 · Compound fortificato = comprensorio fortificato Giusto. PS Tutte le agenzie italiane hanno ripreso un'agenzia americana che afferma che Bin Laden si nascondeva in un compound …

  4. A fifty-kilometre-long road (Compound adjective)

    Dec 16, 2021 · Hi everyone, I have been studying compound adjectives and I have some questions. 1) I would like to know when, if so, we need to use long. Following the rule, I would say: - A fifty-kilometre …

  5. Compound adjectives that are NEVER hyphenated: are there ...

    Jun 24, 2019 · I found this discussion of compound nouns: Compound nouns | English Grammar | EF It includes examples of nouns that are written as one word, are written as two words, and hyphenated. It …

  6. Compound (buildings) - WordReference Forums

    Oct 31, 2018 · Hello In my country, contractors can build single apartment buildings or a group of apartment buildings surrounded by a fence and usually has a gate and a name. It's like a small …

  7. pencil-case /vs./ pencil case | WordReference Forums

    Dec 6, 2019 · Compound nouns don't submit to coordination as in "pencil and pen case", so strictly speaking "pencil" + "case" does not form a compound and hence should not be hyhenated. "should …

  8. hit/lead compound - WordReference Forums

    Aug 12, 2012 · lead compound (tambien lead molecule o lead a secas). [Farm.] Este nombre recibe en inglés la molécula que los investigadores seleccionan, de entre todas las que contiene una …

  9. not-too-distant (compound adjective, hyphen)

    Feb 7, 2017 · I think here "not too distant" is a compound adjective, but why are they different in two dictionaries? In this kind of compound adjective, not + too + adjective, are hyphens obligatory?

  10. Converting Compound-Complex Sentence into indirect speech?

    Mar 6, 2015 · Hello I ask about changing tenses in converting A Compound-Complex Sentence into indirect speech e.g He said " while I was walking , it began raining " . According to my teacher I have to …