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Jigneshbharati Posted 6 years ago
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Fun-filled

In a statement, the health board said he was "extremely popular, fun-filled and well-liked", while staff said he was a "kind and helpful person".

How do we form compound adjective such as fun-filled and well-liked?

  

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When these are after a linking verb, they do not take a hyphen. He was well liked . When they are before a noun, they do take a hyphen.

  • When these are after a linking verb, they do not take a hyphen.
  • He was well liked .
  • When they are before a noun, they do take a hyphen.
  • He was a very well-liked employee .
  • Jigneshbharati How do we form a compound adjective such as fun-filled and well-liked?
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When these are after a linking verb, they do not take a hyphen.

He was well liked.

When they are before a noun, they do take a hyphen.

He was a very well-liked employee.

JigneshbharatiHow do we form a compound adjective such as fun-filled and well-liked?

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A person can't be fun-filled. You can have a fun-filled afternoon, one filled with enjoyable activitites, but a person can't be full of enjoyable activities. The expression can't come after its noun, either. The afternoon was not fun filled. It was full of fun. The health board meant "fun", "full of fun" (in a different sense), or "fun-loving".

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