{"id":943,"date":"2022-04-21T10:23:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T10:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=943"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:33:06","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T10:33:06","slug":"e-oo-2-use-hyphens-in-compound-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-oo-2-use-hyphens-in-compound-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"E- OO.2 Use hyphens in compound adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Use hyphens in compound adjectives<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

key notes :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is a Compound Adjective?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A compound adjective<\/strong> is two or more words<\/strong> joined together to describe a noun.
\ud83d\udc49 We use a hyphen (-)<\/strong> to connect these words.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example:
\u2705 a well-known actor<\/em>
(\u201cwell\u201d + \u201cknown\u201d work together to describe actor)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Do We Use Hyphens in Compound Adjectives?<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hyphens help to:
\u2b50 Make the meaning clear<\/strong>
\ud83e\udde0 Avoid confusion<\/strong>
\ud83d\udcd6 Improve readability<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Example:
\ud83d\udd39 a small-business owner<\/em> (one business)
\u274c a small business owner<\/em> (the owner is small!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When to Use Hyphens in Compound Adjectives<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\u2705 Use a hyphen when the compound adjective comes BEFORE a noun<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Examples:
\ud83c\udf1f a five-star<\/strong> hotel
\ud83c\udfac a well-written<\/strong> script
\ud83d\udc76 a ten-year-old<\/strong> boy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u274c Do NOT use a hyphen when the adjective comes AFTER the noun<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Examples:
The hotel is five star<\/strong>.
The script is well written<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hyphens with Numbers & Fractions<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Use hyphens with numbers that act as adjectives before a noun:
\ud83e\uddd2 a 12-year-old<\/strong> girl
\ud83d\ude97 a 10-kilometre-long<\/strong> road
\ud83c\udf70 a two-thirds<\/strong> slice of cake<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But no hyphen<\/strong> when not used as an adjective:
She is 12 years old<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Common Compound Adjectives<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Compound Adjective<\/th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
well-known<\/td>a well-known singer \ud83c\udfa4<\/td><\/tr>
part-time<\/td>a part-time job \ud83d\udcbc<\/td><\/tr>
full-length<\/td>a full-length movie \ud83c\udf7f<\/td><\/tr>
high-quality<\/td>high-quality products \ud83d\udecd\ufe0f<\/td><\/tr>
open-minded<\/td>an open-minded person \ud83e\udd1d<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Avoid Hyphens with -ly Adverbs<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If the first word ends in -ly<\/strong>, no hyphen<\/strong> is needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Examples:
\u2705 a highly skilled<\/strong> doctor
\u2705 a quickly prepared<\/strong> meal<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not \u274c highly-skilled doctor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be Careful! – Misleading Meaning Without Hyphens<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hyphens change meaning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Without Hyphen \u274c<\/th>With Hyphen \u2705<\/th>Meaning<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
small headed boy<\/td>small-headed boy<\/td>small head<\/td><\/tr>
man eating chicken<\/td>man-eating chicken<\/td>chicken that eats humans! \ud83d\ude31<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Quick Tips (Remember These!)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udd38 If two or more words describe 1 noun \u2192 Use a hyphen<\/strong>
\ud83d\udd38 If the adjective comes after the noun \u2192 No hyphen<\/strong>
\ud83d\udd38 No hyphen after -ly<\/strong> adverbs
\ud83d\udd38 Hyphenate number-adjectives before nouns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let’s practice!\ud83d\udd8a\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Use hyphens in compound adjectives key notes : What is a Compound Adjective? A compound adjective is two or more words joined together to describe a noun.\ud83d\udc49 We use a hyphen (-) to connect these words. Example:\u2705 a well-known actor(\u201cwell\u201d + \u201cknown\u201d work together to describe actor) Why Do We Use Hyphens in Compound Adjectives?Continue reading “E- OO.2 Use hyphens in compound adjectives”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-943","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_hostinger_reach_plugin_has_subscription_block":false,"_hostinger_reach_plugin_is_elementor":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=943"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22262,"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/943\/revisions\/22262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/8thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}