Talk:English compound

message: I'm adding a heading, because having this above the TOC annoyed me.  210.9.139.122 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment was added at 13:53, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original splitting discussion

message: Should some mention of the difference between Latter Day Saint and Latter-day Saint be included on this page?  The Jade Knight 08:30, 24 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Latter Day Saint vs. Latter-day Saint 

message: "Blackboard jungle, leftover ingredients, gunmetal sheen, and green monkey disease are only a few examples."  
* No they're not.  They are noun phrases. The compound adjectives within the phrases are Blackboard, leftover, gunmetal, green monkey.
** No they're not.  A noun used attributively is not an adjective.  Therefore, a compound noun used attributively is not a compound adjective.  Well, leftover is an adjective, but the other three are nouns. jnestorius(talk) 18:58, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compound adjective 

message: What about compound adjectives formed from a compound noun (i.e. Political Science) and an adjective (i.e. related)? What are the rules for such a construction? 
"...a news story about a [political science]-related event in the outside world."
Me2000r 03:56, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Compound Adjective 

message: Over-ripe is classified as preposition-adjective, but surely in this context over is acting as an adjective. (clicky).82.35.84.214 (talk) 23:35, 6 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Over-ripe? 

message: The distinction made here is spurious. There is no difference in chemistry between 'a bitter solution producing vinegar or acetic acid' and 'a solution of acetic acid'. They are one and the same thing.Chromite (talk) 22:48, 20 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: While there is no difference to the physics of the final liquid, there is a difference between talking of "an acetic acid solution" and, for example, "the effect of temperature on the rate of acetic-acid solution".  Or even "We shall use the acetic-acid solution!" (we'll solve the problem with the method involving acetic acid).  It's certainly not an obvious case though.  Surely we can collectively come up with a better one.  210.9.139.122 (talk) 13:50, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Anyone taking hair from a big horse? ;-) 150.203.35.113 (talk) 07:01, 18 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Apparently not.  :-/  150.203.35.113 (talk) 07:03, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

text: Since we're using big words and correcting people's grammar, the saying is "One in the same". Cheers  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ryandward (talk • contribs) 16:46, 17 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Acetic acid 

message: The lede sentence is currently "A compound is a word composed of more than one free morpheme." This is one kind of compound, but some compounds are more than one word, in some cases hyphenated, e.g. freeze-dried and in some cases not, e.g. action figure. The lede sentence should be rewritten to allow for compounds comprised of two or more words.Anomalocaris (talk) 06:57, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lede sentence needs rewrite 

message: i) Waterproof
ii) Man-made
iii)Long- awaited
iv)Over-confident
v) White collar  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.115.95 (talk) 03:34, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  identify the constituent parts of the following adjective compounds: 

message: i) Waterproof
ii) Man-made
iii)Long- awaited
iv)Over-confident
v) White collar  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.94.115.95 (talk) 03:41, 18 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  identify the constituent parts of the following adjective compounds: 

message: This usage is marked as unlikely/incorrect in the article, but I would beg to differ. It sounds completely natural to me as a native GenAm speaker, and a quick Google search troves up millions of results of which a large percentage are legitimate usages in online newspaper articles, forum and blog postings and sundry other contexts ranging diversely in formality/register. Jesus H. Lincoln (talk) 01:56, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  «Held a bank up» 

message: I'm not sure if "infinitive marker" plus verb needs to be hyphenated or not. I also think it's a relevant example so I think it merits being included as an example in the article with an appropriate explanation of whether or not "to do" needs to be hyphenated.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjbeyeler (talk • contribs) 11:08, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  "To-do"