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Americanwithgrammarquestions Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Hyphen Here?
The word or words nailbiting … how do you hyphen it (if at all) when used as either a noun or verb (I don't know which one it even is)?
So not "… the nail-biting last seconds of the game" but rather "the incredible nailbiting involved in watching that game"
How would it be spelled then? Thanks.
So not "… the nail-biting last seconds of the game" but rather "the incredible nailbiting involved in watching that game"
How would it be spelled then? Thanks.
Top answer
Nail-biting is the usual spelling, whether the word is used as a noun ( the incredible nail-biting ) or an adjective ( the nail-biting last seconds ).
- Nail-biting is the usual spelling, whether the word is used as a noun ( the incredible nail-biting ) or an adjective ( the nail-biting last seconds ).
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Nail-biting is the usual spelling, whether the word is used as a noun (the incredible nail-biting) or an adjective (the nail-biting last seconds).
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Check this out, Americanwithgrammarquestions:
Click here, then change the word in the search box to 'nail-biting'.
(Bookmark the OneLook site for future reference.)
Click here, then change the word in the search box to 'nail-biting'.
(Bookmark the OneLook site for future reference.)
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Cool. Meaning the 19 search results for "nail-biting" trumps the 3 for "nailbiting" and therefore you have your answer?
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AmericanwithgrammarquestionsCool. Meaning the 19 search results for "nail-biting" trumps the 3 for "nailbiting" and therefore you have your answer?Yep. I checked OneLook before I posted. Very useful site.
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