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In English, an en dash, –, sometimes replaces the hyphen in hyphenated compounds if either of its constituent parts is already hyphenated or contains a space (for example, San Francisco–area residents, hormone receptor–positive cells, cell cycle–related factors, and public-school–private-school rivalries).
Syllabification (/ s ɪ ˌ l æ b ɪ f ɪ ˈ k eɪ ʃ ən /) or syllabication (/ s ɪ ˌ l æ b ɪ ˈ k eɪ ʃ ən /), also known as hyphenation, is the separation of a word into syllables, whether spoken, written or signed.
A compound modifier that is spaced rather than hyphenated is referred to as an open compound. When a numeral and a noun are used in a compound modifier that precedes a noun, the noun takes the singular form. For example, the 2021 Belmont Stakes was a "12-furlong race" and an "eight-horse race", not a "12-furlongs race" or an "eight-horses race".
87.0% of children were enrolled in public school in 2022, compared to 90.7% in 2012. In Kentucky, the share of school-age children in public schools decreased by almost 8 percentage points.
Most English compound nouns that consist of more than two words can be constructed recursively by combining two words at a time. Combining "science" and "fiction", and then combining the resulting compound with "writer", for example, can construct the compound "science-fiction writer". Some compounds, such as salt and pepper or mother-of-pearl ...
Gymnasium (and variations of the word; pl. gymnasia [1]) is a term in various European languages for a secondary school that prepares students for higher education at a university. It is comparable to the US English term preparatory high school or the British term grammar school.
The language is currently at risk of extinction, according to UNESCO; the students hope Che’w can help change that. At a time when some high schools are restricting the use of AI in the ...
A little-noticed piece of legislation that would make it a felony to threaten a school employee appears to be moving forward in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, but it faces last-minute ...