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ridiculously-poorly-dressed woman. perfectly-put-together woman. chocolate-and-banana-sandwich-loving monkey. chocolate-and-banana-sandwich-loving-to-the-point-of-madness monkey. blink-and-you-missed-it theatrical run. etc. etc. Again, it has to do with the naturalness of the compound and how good it sounds.
A long-haired person is a person who has long hair. A two-handled pot is a pot that has two handles. A bearded tit is a tit (a kind of bird) that has a beard. This last one is rarer in English, just adding -ed to a noun on its own. Normally it is added to an adjective + noun or numeral + noun combination.
Compound adjectives of color are the ones made of two or more adjectives words, possibly joined by a hyphen, e.g., bleu ciel, vert clair, bleu foncé, rouge vif, bleu-vert. Last edited: Mar 6, 2013 C
Now, compound adjectives are used when a single adjective doesn't exist with the desired meaning. To get this desired meaning, it's possible to combine any adjective+adjective or adjective+noun. For example, you want to describe a garage in which two cars fit. There is no adjective meaning "with the ability to fit a car," so the noun "car" is used.
I was told in this very forum that it is not necessary or even desirable to start the second word in a hyphenated compound adjective with a small letter in a chapter title, but my examples in that question did not contain naturally hyphenated words like world-famous, well-known and man-made (My examples contained "Problem-Solving Assessment ...
Compound adjectives ending the sentence? compound adjectives II. compound adjectives: a well-playing footballer? Hyphening compound adjectives. I'm closing this thread to avoid duplication. Not open for further replies. Hello everybody here I want to ask about the compound adjectives, are there certain rols to build a compound adjectives? or ...
Hi everyone!!! Would any of you be so kind to explain the reason why some compound adjectives end with -ed and others end with -ing? I mean: strange - sounding, cold - blooded Thanks a lot in advance to you all :confused:
Jul 15, 2012. #1. Hi everyone, It looks like most compound adjectives are always hyphened when they precede the noun that they modify (with some exceptions when the meaning is really obvious, like high school teacher, live chat support, etc.). However, does it stay the same when these compound adjectives follow the noun in a NOUN + VERB + COMP.
Por favor alguien tiene algun link donde pueda profundizar el tema de compound adjectives? Gracias!
The agreement is the same for both predicative adjectives (i.e., adjectives linked to a noun via a verb = adjectifs attributs) and attributive adjectives (i.e., adjectives linked directly to a noun = adjectifs épithètes): Ces images sont bleues. Des images bleues. But: Ces images sont bleu ciel. Des images bleu ciel. Ces murs sont rouge brique.