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    NOUNS

    NOUNS

    COMPOUND NOUNS

    Formation

    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 part
    identifies 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):

    What type / what purpose What or who


    police man
    boy friend
    water tank
    dining table
    bed room
    The two parts may be written in a number of ways :
    1. as one word.
    Example: policeman, boyfriend
    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.
    The two parts may be: Examples:
    bedroom
    water tank
    noun + noun
    motorcycle
    printer cartridge
    rainfall
    noun + verb haircut
    train-spotting
    hanger-on
    noun + adverb
    passer-by
    washing machine
    verb + noun driving licence
    swimming pool
    lookout
    verb + adverb* take-off
    drawback

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