Show nE nEI WORK VORD I L- L By W Curtis Nicholson 0 o The New p p r COMPOUNDING WORDS 1 A M MANY A ANY people have or should 1 have dictionaries but not ev every every cry ery one has an unabridged diction dictionary dictionary dictionary ary In the Introductory part of Funk and New Standard Dictionary of the English Lan Language Language Language guage Is a section that begins with the title Method of ot Compounding Words This Is in the unabridged edition Those who have this edi- edi edition edi edition tion Uon may have overlooked reading this section those who do not have havethe havethe havethe the edition probably have not seen It it Therefore The Right Word has decided to place before its readers read erg en some of the suggestions relative to the compounding of ot words First let us consider one pIe laid down by the dictionary This is to the effect that abnormal association of words generally tad indicates cates unification in sense and hence compounding in form Ve We e a are told that when ben two words are used to together together gether as one name they become one word if U the first Is not function functionIng functionIng lag Ing as an adjective Thus In tn b b house brick brick is il an adjective so soto soto soto to speak and tells w u of what hat the house is made But In brick yard we are speaking of a yard where bricks are made Here we e do not have a yard made of bricks but 1 we e do have an entirely new name Compounding Is necessary when hen two adjectives a noun and an ad adjective or any two or more parts of 01 speech are abnormally associated to function as one adjective The dictionary gives these thes examples down stairs room dark brown hair well known man knee deep snow free trade doctrines Service |