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Tue 29 Jan, 2019 08:29 am
I'm trying to explain the parts of speech involved in different English sentences to a non-native speaker. She came up with this one, which has me stumped; 'A dog-walking method' similar to 'my shower-cleaning method'. I'm flailing around between adjectives, adverbs and genitive case. Any help appreciated.
Can’t tell unless you show the sentence so we can see the word’s function.
@Lostinlanguage,
What Is a Compound Adjective?
A single adjective made up of two or more words is called a compound adjective. The words in a compound adjective can be linked together by a hyphen (or hyphens) to show they are part of the same adjective.
www.grammar-monster.com/lessons/hyphens_in_compound_adjectives.htm
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