A) Phrasal adjective B) Noun adjunct C) Single-word modifier D) Predicate base
A) Two B) Four C) Three D) One
A) Attributive B) Interrogative C) Exclamatory D) Subjective
A) Bare adjective B) Noun adjunct C) Compound D) Open compound
A) Yes B) Only if they are verbs C) No D) Only if they are nouns
A) Hyphenated B) Spaced C) Comma-separated D) Semicolon-separated
A) Bare adjective B) Compound adjective C) Compound noun D) Noun adjunct
A) Bare compound B) Open compound C) Noun phrase D) Predicate compound
A) Possessive B) Past participle C) Singular D) Plural
A) Two nouns into a verb B) Words into a single idea C) Multiple clauses into a sentence D) Two adjectives into a noun
A) To prevent confusion B) To indicate past tense C) To increase word count D) To satisfy noun adjunct rules
A) Noun adjunct B) Determiner C) Compound adjective D) Bare adjective
A) Determiner and noun B) Adjective and adjective C) Noun and verb D) Adverb and noun
A) Heavy-metal detector B) Heavy metallic detector C) Metallic heavy-detector D) Heavy metal detector
A) A style manual's preface B) A grammar textbook C) A linguistic journal D) A dictionary
A) When it contains more than three words B) When it is used frequently by writers C) When it is entered as a dictionary headword D) When it describes a noun directly
A) Hyphens are required only after nouns B) Hyphens are typically not required C) Hyphens are always required D) Hyphens are required only before nouns
A) It is conventionally not necessary B) It must always be used C) It is replaced by a colon D) It is replaced by a comma
A) It must always be hyphenated B) It is only hyphenated if it follows a verb C) It is only hyphenated if it precedes a noun D) It is generally not accompanied by a hyphen
A) No, as misunderstanding is unlikely B) Yes, but only if there are three or more nouns C) Only if the nouns are singular D) Yes, to ensure grammatical correctness
A) A colon B) A semicolon C) An en dash D) A slash
A) demonstrative adjectives B) na-adjectives C) prepositional adjectives D) i-adjectives |