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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

Is ''down-to-earth'' a single word or three words?

1font00Is 01i01b00down-to-earth02b02i00 a single word or three words?02font02br
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00In my opinion, it's one word and acts as a single unit. 01b00What is your opinion?02b00 If you also think it's one word, then could it be written as 01i01b00down to earth02b02i00 without any hyphens?0-
  

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0It is three words. It is a three-word phrase. " She attends school full time.

— BarbaraPA

  • 0It is three words.
  • It is a three-word phrase.
  • " She attends school full time.
  • She is a full-time student.
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0It is three words. It is a three-word phrase. It should have the hyphens only when it is used to modify a noun, as you did with "You are a down-to-earth person."02br
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00The same as "full time." She attends school full time. She is a full-time student. But "full time" is still two words.02br
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00By the way, in addition to "pragmatic," I think that "
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10It is three words. It is a three-word phrase. It should have the hyphens only when it is used to modify a noun, as you did with "You are a down-to-earth person."12br
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10The same as "full time." She attends school full time. She is a full-time student. But "full time" is still two words.
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0 They FUNCTION as a single word because you can't break them up, but they are 01i00two- or three-word phrases02i00. 0-
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