WHAT IS COMPUND NOUN

 

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 Words can be combined to form compound nouns. These are very common, and new combinations are invented almost daily. They normally have two parts. The second partidentifies the object or person in question (man, friend, tank, table, room). The first parttells us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is (police, boy, water, dining, bed):

What type / what purposeWhat or who
policeman
boyfriend
watertank
diningtable
bedroom

The two parts may be written in a number of ways :

1. as one word.
Example: policemanbestfriend

2. as two words joined with a hyphen.
Example: dining-table

3. as two separate words.
Example: fish tank.

There are no clear rules about this - so write the common compounds that you know well as one word, and the others as two words.

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 Words can be combined to form compound nouns. These are very common, and new combinations are invented almost daily. They normally have two parts. The second partidentifies the object or person in question (man, friend, tank, table, room). The first parttells us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is (police, boy, water, dining, bed):

What type / what purposeWhat or who
policeman
bestfriend
watertank
diningtable
bedroom

The two parts may be written in a number of ways :

1. as one word.
Example: policemanbestfriend

2. as two words joined with a hyphen.
Example: dining-table

3. as two separate words.
Example: fish tank.

There are no clear rules about this - so write the common compounds that you know well as one word, and the others as two words.

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Words can be combined to form compound nouns. These are very common, and new combinations are invented almost daily. They normally have two parts. The second partidentifies the object or person in question ( man, friend, tank, table, room ). The first part tells us what kind of object or person it is, or what its purpose is (police, boy, water, dining, bed ):

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