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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
blowdryer/blowdrier
0 I believe "blow dryer" and "hair dryer" are refering to the same electrical appliance but which of the following are correct: 02 br
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00 blowdryer or blow dryer 02 br
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00 hairdryer or hair dryer 02 br
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00 hairdryer or hair dryer 02 br
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Top answer
00 02 br 02 br 00 A 01 b 01 u 00 blowdryer 02 u 02 b 00 , also frequently called a 01 u 00 hairdryer 02 u 00 , is an 05 0 00 05 1 00 designed to 01 b 00 blow 02 b 00 cool or hot 05 2 00 over wet or damp 05 3 00 , in order to accelerate the 05 4 00 of water particles and dry the hair. 104/wiki/Evaporationc evaporation
- 00 02 br 02 br 00 A 01 b 01 u 00 blowdryer 02 u 02 b 00 , also frequently called a 01 u 00 hairdryer 02 u 00 , is an 05 0 00 05 1 00 designed to 01 b 00 blow 02 b 00 cool or hot 05 2 00 over wet or damp 05 3 00 , in order to accelerate the 05 4 00 of water particles and dry the hair.
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01 cite 10 New2grammar 12 cite 12 br
10 I believe "blow dryer" and "hair dryer" are refering to the same electrical appliance but which of the following are correct: 12 br
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10 blowdryer or blow dryer 12 br
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10 blowdrier or blow drier 12 br
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10 hairdryer or hair dryer 12 br
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0 Hi N2G, 02 br
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00 Whenever I have doubts about whether a word is an open compound (two words) or a closed compound (twowords) or hyphenated, I just look in the dictionary. If you go to 05 0 00 then you can search hairdryer and get no results. That would tell you that it's probably hair dryer. Then you can search for blowdryer. You'll get "blow-dryer" defined as a "hand
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00 Whenever I have doubts about whether a word is an open compound (two words) or a closed compound (twowords) or hyphenated, I just look in the dictionary. If you go to 05 0 00 then you can search hairdryer and get no results. That would tell you that it's probably hair dryer. Then you can search for blowdryer. You'll get "blow-dryer" defined as a "hand
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01 cite 10 New2grammar 12 cite 10 I believe "blow dryer" and "hair dryer" are 11 b 11 i 10 refering 12 i 12 b 10 to the same electrical appliance but which of the following are correct: 12 br10 Should be ' 01 b 00 referring 02 b 00 '. 0-
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00 In this context, you should use the present simple, IMO: 02 br
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02 b 00 as it's a general present situation, valid at any time, not a particular instantiation 01 b 02 br
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00 In this context, you should use the present simple, IMO: 02 br
01 b 00 refer 02 br
02 b 00 as it's a general present situation, valid at any time, not a particular instantiation 01 b 02 br
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0 I agree with you. I overlooked that point because I was only referring to the spelling error. 0-
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