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sovereignhood / sovereignty

 
 
Reply Thu 2 Aug, 2007 08:34 am
Oh my country
Your sovereignbood / sovereignty is our glory and pride

Which word should I use?

Many thanks.
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contrex
 
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Reply Thu 2 Aug, 2007 11:56 am
I think you meant you write "sovereignhood" with an 'h'.

However, "sovereignhood" is not an English word. Use "sovereignty".

You cannot add "hood" to every adjective to make a noun.
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Yoong Liat
 
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Reply Thu 2 Aug, 2007 12:04 pm
contrex wrote:
I think you meant you write "sovereignhood" with an 'h'.

However, "sovereignhood" is not an English word. Use "sovereignty".

You cannot add "hood" to every adjective to make a noun.


It's a typo. Thanks for your help.

Best wishes.
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VSPrasad
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 01:39 am
There's such a word as "sovereignhood." By analogy with other nouns that end in -hood, such as childhood, adulthood, and neighborhood, some people may think that they can say "sovereignhood" -- but they shouldn't.

http://www.infoplease.com/search?q=sovereignbood&in=all&fr=iptn&js=true
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contrex
 
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Reply Wed 15 Aug, 2007 06:21 am
Quote:
There's such a word as "sovereignhood."


(Did you mean "there's no such word"?)

Vsprasad, your link points to a search-results page for "sovereignbood" (!)

result... "no documents found".

Changing the 'b' to an 'h' to give "sovereignhood" gives...

result... "no documents found".
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