Well-protected
"That diamond must be the most well-protected thing in the whole building," said their mother.
How do I teach my son, who is in year 2 in the UK , that well-protected is a compound adjective and does need a dash in between? This was the answer to one of the question from his SAT (reading paper 2) . English is not my first language but I really enjoy helping him. They are expected to write simple sentences using conjunctions, powerful verbs, adjectives, adverbs etc.
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I think you'll find it difficult to explain. htm #: :text=A%20compound%20word%20is%20a,relationship%20between%20the%20included%20words. It's important to understand that compounds are not two words but two bases, thus "well-protected" consists of the two bases "well" + "protected".
- I think you'll find it difficult to explain.
- htm #: :text=A%20compound%20word%20is%20a,relationship%20between%20the%20included%20words.
- It's important to understand that compounds are not two words but two bases, thus "well-protected" consists of the two bases "well" + "protected".
- Note that each base of a compound word cannot be individually modified: we don't have*"[extremely-well] protected"; instead we have "extremely [well-protected]").
- Nor can the bases enter into coordination: we don't have *"[well and covered]-protected", but "[well-covered] and [protected")
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