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Park sang joon Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

A young man with spider like abilities

A young man with spider like abilities fights crime as a superhero in New York City while trying to have a normal personal life.

I think the unlined phrase would originally be "A young man with abilities like spider."
I'd like to know how and why this inversion occur.

Thank you in advance for your help.
  

Top answer

It should be hyphenated: spider-like abilities . org/dictionary/british/like_2

— GPY

  • It should be hyphenated: spider-like abilities .
  • org/dictionary/british/like_2
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It should be hyphenated: spider-like abilities.

"-like" is a fairly common suffix: http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/like_2
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Thank you, GPY, for your very helpful answer and link. Emotion: smile

I have seen "noun + like" modify the following noun several times;
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park sang joondo people use compound adjectives without dash in the spoken English?
It is a hyphen not a dash. The hyphen is not relevant to spoken English. It does not make any difference to the pronunciation.
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