Is example sentence a compound noun? If it is, then does that mean that any two nouns can combine to form a compound noun?
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Yes. example sentence is a compound noun. And, in fact, compound noun is a compound noun.
— CalifJim
Yes.
example sentence is a compound noun.
And, in fact, compound noun is a compound noun.
Theoretically any two nouns can combine to form a compound noun, but there are many such combinations that would be pure nonsense, of course ( dance steel, faith bird, star rope, ...
).
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Yes. example sentence is a compound noun. And, in fact, compound noun is a compound noun.
Theoretically any two nouns can combine to form a compound noun, but there are many such combinations that would be pure nonsense, of course (dance steel, faith bird, star rope, ...).