Compound adjective
1. Is this sentence correct;
"The spaceship lifted off at a tremble-making speed."
2. If not, could you think of a compound adjectie for the speed of a spaceship?
Top answer
You'll need something else. Does it have to be a compound adjective that's written with a hyphen, or can it be any compound adjective? earthshaking is a good one, but it doesn't have a hyphen, and it doesn't really describe speed, but then neither does tremble-making .
- You'll need something else.
- Does it have to be a compound adjective that's written with a hyphen, or can it be any compound adjective?
- earthshaking is a good one, but it doesn't have a hyphen, and it doesn't really describe speed, but then neither does tremble-making .
- earsplitting is good, but it doesn't describe speed either, and it doesn't have a hyphen either.
- rapid-fire has a hyphen, and it describes speed, but not the speed of a spaceship.
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You'll need something else.
Does it have to be a compound adjective that's written with a hyphen, or can it be any compound adjective?
earthshaking is a good one, but it doesn't have a hyphen, and it doesn't really describe speed, but then neither does tremble-making.
earsplitting is good, but it doesn't describe speed either, and it doesn't have a hyphen
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