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Words that may be compounded
PHRASES OF SEPARATE WORDS
- after a while
- attorney at law
- by and by
- by the bye
- ever to be remembered
- good by
- good morning
- in any way
- in any wise
- in no wise
- inside out
- in the meanwhile
- in the meantime
- it may be so
- long looked for (return)
- some time ago
- the carrying out
- the pulling down
- uncalled for (remarks)
- upside down
- waste ground
- well laid out (grounds)
Good day and good night should be made separate words, except when used as qualifiers of a following noun, as in good-night kiss, good-day greeting.
APPROVED COMPOUNDS
- a-fishing
- apple-tree
- arm-chair
- arm's-length
- battle-flag
- bill-holder
- bird's-eye view
- book-account
- bric-a-brac
- burnt-offering
- charter-party
- church-goer
- counting-house
- deep-mouthed
- dining-hall
- easy-chair
- evil-doer
- fancy-free
- fault-finding
- fee-simple
- fellow-student
- first-born
- first-fruits
- fore-leg
- freight-car
- glass-house
- gold-mining
- good-will
- ground-floor
- ground-plan
