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    Compound nouns can be made up of more than one word that functions as a noun. [1] Compound nouns are predominantly combinations of two nouns but can also combine verbs and prepositions, adjectives and nouns, or other parts of speech. [2] Compound nouns can be written as two words, with a hyphen, or as one word depending on the specific noun. [3] Like simple nouns, compound nouns can also be countable or uncountable.

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    Compound nouns can be made up of more than one word that functions as a noun. [1] Compound nouns are predominantly combinations of two nouns but can also combine verbs and prepositions, adjectives and nouns, or other parts of speech. [2] Compound nouns can be written as two words, with a hyphen, or as one word depending on the specific noun. [3] Like simple nouns, compound nouns can also be countable or uncountable.

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    Compound nouns can be made up of more than one word that functions as a noun. [1] Compound nouns are predominantly combinations of two nouns but can also combine verbs and prepositions, adjectives and nouns, or other parts of speech. [2] Compound nouns can be written as two words, with a hyphen, or as one word depending on the specific noun. [3] Like simple nouns, compound nouns can also be countable or uncountable.

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    Compound nouns can be made up of more than one word that functions as a noun. [1] Compound nouns are predominantly combinations of two nouns but can also combine verbs and prepositions, adjectives and nouns, or other parts of speech. [2] Compound nouns can be written as two words, with a hyphen, or as one word depending on the specific noun. [3] Like simple nouns, compound nouns can also be countable or uncountable.

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    Compound nouns

    Compound nouns
    • A compound noun is a fixed expression which is made up of more than
    one word and functions as a noun.
    • Compound nouns are predominantly combinations of two nouns (mother
    board, alarm clock(, but can also be combinations of a verb and a
    preposition (break-up, feedback), of an adjective and a noun (antique
    shop), of a noun and a prepositional phrase (mother-in-law), or some other
    parts of speech, but overall, they function as a noun.
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    • 1) Some compound nouns can be written as two words such as dining table,
    railway station, art gallery, hair dresser, swimming pool, etc
    • 2) Some compound nouns can be written with a hyphen between the words
    e.g. baby-sitter, mother-tongue, tea-bag, air-traffic, letter-box, data-processing,
    etc. (Note that the English language has not been standardized, so some of
    these words can be written without a hyphen e.g. letter box, mother tongue)
    • 3) Some compound nouns are written as one word e.g. earring, handcuff,
    sunglasses, sunset, briefcase, suitcase,
    Countability
    • Just like simple nouns can be countable or uncountable, the same applies to
    compound nouns. Some examples are given below:
    • Countable > blood donor, credit card, pedestrian crossing, windscreen,
    contact lens (the plural is contact lenses), handcuffs, fingertip, getaway,
    break-up etc.
    • Uncountable > data-processing, birth control, junk food, blood pressure, food
    poisoning, cotton wool, pocket money, hay fever (allergy to pollen)
    •
    Compound nouns – verb + preposition
    Many compound nouns originate from phrasal verbs.
    There has been a break-out from the local prison. [escape]
    I never expected the break-up of USSR. [collapse]
    We are trying to find new outlets for our products. [places to sell]
    A breakthrough has been made in AIDS research. [important discovery]
    We parked our car in a lay-by on the by-pass. [parking space at the side of a
    road; road avoiding the centre of a town]
    Compound nouns – noun + prepositional
    phrase
    • Some common compound nouns that are made up of a noun and a prepositional
    phrase are the ones we use to determine relationships between people:
    • Mother-in-law, sister-in-law
    • Daughter-in-law, father-in-law
    • However, there are compound nouns formed in this way that donot determine
    relationships between people, but have some other meanings
    • E.g. Good-for-nothing [someone who is lazy and never does anything useful]

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