"dog house" / "doghouse"

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Hi teachers,Which do you recommend using, "dog house" or "doghouse"?

RandomGuy · Accepted Answer

<i>doghouse</i>

HUBLOT · Answer

Thanks a lot, AG.       <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/1.gif' alt='Emotion: smile'/>          You recommend using "doghouse," but it wouldn't be wrong to use "dog house" instead?

RandomGuy · Answer

Most dictionaries list it as a compound word, although I hesitate to call the two-word spelling "wrong".

Enoon · Answer

Aspara GusI hesitate to call the two-word spelling "wrong".

I don't. The word is spelled "doghouse", not "dog house".

HUBLOT · Answer

Thanks a lot, AG and enoon.

Does "dog's house" mean a doghouse?

Enoon · Answer

HUBLOTDoes "dog's house" mean a doghouse?

In this case. Do you mean to tell me that you can't get the joke there? The writer said "literally" and deconstructed the word. In speech, the stresses would fall such that we would say that Brit was in the DOGhouse, but he was literally in a dog's HOUSE. The writer was joking.

HUBLOT · Answer

Thanks a lot, enoon.

"dog house" / "doghouse"

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