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Moon7296 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary
Hard-to-follow words
I think I have seen a word with one dash but have rarely seen a word with two dashes.
For example, There are no extremely long sentences or hard-to-follow words in the text.
Is there only a few words with two dashes like that? Or people just create words like that when they think they can?
For example, There are no extremely long sentences or hard-to-follow words in the text.
Is there only a few words with two dashes like that? Or people just create words like that when they think they can?
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They are often created on an ad hoc basis and the useful ones are repeated, but they are seldom if ever in the dictionaries. A number of common predicate adjective phrases get hyphenated when they assume an attributive position. ready-to-wear on-and-off up-and-coming etc
- They are often created on an ad hoc basis and the useful ones are repeated, but they are seldom if ever in the dictionaries.
- A number of common predicate adjective phrases get hyphenated when they assume an attributive position.
- ready-to-wear on-and-off up-and-coming etc
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They are often created on an ad hoc basis and the useful ones are repeated, but they are seldom if ever in the dictionaries. A number of common predicate adjective phrases get hyphenated when they assume an attributive position.
ready-to-wear
on-and-off
up-and-coming
etc
ready-to-wear
on-and-off
up-and-coming
etc
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