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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

The symbol " - "

Hi all

Can anybody explain what is the function of " - " eg. on-line, job-hunting and the approriate time to use it??
  

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hello, -Compound nouns ending in the letter ‘in'. Example: break-in, check-in, drive-in -Compound nouns with prepositions in them are generally hyphenated. brother-in-law, stay-at-home, right-of-way -Two or more nouns that an object has more than one function.

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  • hello, -Compound nouns ending in the letter ‘in'.
  • Example: break-in, check-in, drive-in -Compound nouns with prepositions in them are generally hyphenated.
  • brother-in-law, stay-at-home, right-of-way -Two or more nouns that an object has more than one function.
  • editor-publisher, owner-manager, actor-director, photocopier-printer -Compound nouns starting with a single letter are also generally hyphenated.
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hello,

-Compound nouns ending in the letter ‘in'. Example: break-in, check-in, drive-in
-Compound nouns with prepositions in them are generally hyphenated.
brother-in-law, stay-at-home, right-of-way
-Two or more nouns that an object has more than one function.
editor-publisher, owner-manager, actor-director, photocopier-printer
-Compound nouns starting with a single l
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Thank you.

Would "job-hunting" be grammatically correct then?
and what about the word ground handling, if it is compound noun, would it need to be written as ground-handling instead?
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Would this mean that "job-hunting" is correct grammar instead of "job hunting"?

Secondly, what about ground handling? is there a "-", i am still not very clear of the usage. Does it applies to all compound nouns?
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