29. Compounds Two or more nouns combined to form a single noun. Compound nouns are written as separate words (grapefruit juice), as words linked by a hyphen (sister-in-law), or as one word (schoolteacher). A compounded noun whose form no longer clearly reveals its origin (such as bonfire or marshall) is sometimes called an amalgamated compound. Many place names (or toponyms) are amalgamated compounds: e.g., Norwich (north + village) and Sussex (south + Saxons). Sunglasses, chalkboard, sleepwalk 30. Solid, hyphenated, and open compounds Solid compounds blackbird hyphenated compounds muddle-headed open compounds coffee cup …there is an additional preference in US English for the form to be one word and in British English for the form to be two words, e.g. buck tooth Br bucktooth US Eng 31. Endocentric and exocentric compounds
Learn these contractions: was not = wasn't were not= weren't 105 The Past Progressive Tense Use the past progressive tense to talk about actions that were going on at a certain moment in the past. Miss May was cleaning the chalkboard. Sally was packing her books into her schoolbag. Jenny and I were tidying the classroom. The twins were fighting in the corner. Michael and John were washing Mary was waiting for the the paint brushes.
I accepted the hand towel the bathroom attendant handed me, and Magdalene spoke to the woman in Spanish, asking her to give us some privacy. I capped the request with, "Por favor, gracias. " That earned me an arched brow from Magdalene and a closer examination, which I returned with equal coolness. "Oh, dear," she murmured, the moment the attendant stepped out of earshot. She made a tsk ing noise that scraped over my nerves like nails on a chalkboard. "You've fucked him already." "And you haven't." That seemed to surprise her. "You're right, I haven't. You know why?" I pulled a five-spot out of my clutch and dropped it in the silver tip tray. "Because he doesn't want to." "And I don't want to either, because he can't commit. He's young, gorgeous, rich, and he's enjoying it." "Yes." I nodded. "He certainly did." Her gaze narrowed, her pleasant expression slipping slightly
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