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Ask for help > NEED HELP WITH COMPOUND ADJ
NEED HELP WITH COMPOUND ADJ
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afoufa09
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NEED HELP WITH COMPOUND ADJ
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Hi colleagues, Please help me with this compound adj: * Jack has white teeth. * He is a ................................ thanks in advance |
5 Dec 2014
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FrauSue
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The logical construction would be "a white-toothed boy" but it �s not a phrase I would ever use in real life. Searching for the phrase "white-toothed" on Google mainly brings up references to the white-toothed shrew! So it �s a real word, but a very odd one (in my opinion) to describe a person. |
5 Dec 2014
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afoufa09
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Thank you FrauSue I found it odd too and couldn �t find it in a dictionary
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5 Dec 2014
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noorhamza
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As long it is grammatically correct, it �s ok |
5 Dec 2014
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yanogator
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Yes, it is grammatically correct, but people wouldn �t say it.
Bruce
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5 Dec 2014
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cindyfreksen
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I instantly thought He is a dentist :-) |
6 Dec 2014
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Makigi
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:-)) cindy, me too, glad I �m not the only one :) |
6 Dec 2014
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