Browse Rules: 6,146 matches
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| Description | Example | Category |
|---|---|---|
| about face (about-face) | The soldier did an about face and marched off. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'one off' | The event is a one off. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'one off' | We will do it on a one off basis. | Compounding |
| common (commonly) used | This is a common used technique. | Compounding |
| sleep walk (sleepwalk) | They sleep walked into this. | Compounding |
| sleep walk (sleepwalk) | He is sleep walking. | Compounding |
| passer by (passer-by) | When he tripped and fell in the street, several kind passers by helped him up. | Compounding |
| ear piece (earpiece) | Tucker Carslon is Trump's mouth piece. | Compounding |
| two state (two-state) solution | The two state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict envisions an independent State of Palestine alongside the State of Israel, west of the Jordan River. | Compounding |
| two state (two-state) solution | The one state solution is a proposed approach to resolving the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. | Compounding |
| missing hyphens in 'up and coming' | See all these up and coming talented players. | Compounding |
| a god send (godsend) | This tool is a god send. | Compounding |
| play ground (playground) | Many play grounds are not only for children. | Compounding |
| picture perfect (picture-perfect) | She has a picture perfect look. | Compounding |
| picture perfect (picture-perfect) | She looks picture perfect! | Compounding |
| hyphen in 'same day delivery' | Amazon offers same day delivery. | Compounding |
| Touch point (Touchpoint) | We have multiple touch points with our users. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'drop dead' | I'm drop dead tired. | Compounding |
| home seeker (homeseeker) | I'm a home seeker. | Compounding |
| water resistant (water-resistant) | The new iPhones are water resistant. | Compounding |
| thereto (there to) | He is hereto help. | Compounding |
| decision making (decision-making) | The decision making took us 3 days. | Compounding |
| Christmas time (Christmastime) | I will have vacation around Christmas time. | Compounding |
| Do able (Doable) | Do you think that this is do able? | Compounding |
| a 42 yarder (42-yarder) | He has thrown a 42 yarder. | Compounding |
| prorata -> pro rata | The transaction includes a pro-rata portion of the non-deductible contributions. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'drive-through' | We got our food from a drive through supermarket. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'on/off screen' | She remains a mystery woman off screen. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'on/off screen' | I enabled the on screen keyboard. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'on/off screen' | The notification appeared on screen. | Compounding |
| one handed (one-handed) | She caught the ball one handed. | Compounding |
| off hand (offhand) | I can't think of a better solution off hand. | Compounding |
| straight up (straight-up) | I'm a straight up gentleman. | Compounding |
| near death (near-death) | He had a near death experience. | Compounding |
| up to date (up-to-date) | The software is up to date. | Compounding |
| up to date (up-to-date) | That is an up to date software. | Compounding |
| up to date (up-to-date) | The software is up 2 date. | Compounding |
| up to date (up-to-date) | The software is up2date. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'three line' | The teacher explained to us what three line octaves are. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'for-profit' | Microsoft is a for profit business. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'trickle down' | Trickle down economics is the economic proposition that taxes on businesses and the wealthy in society should be reduced as a means to stimulate business investment in the short term and benefit society at large in the long term. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'tailor-made' | This solution was tailor made for this scenario. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'tailor-made' | This solution was tailor made for this scenario. | Compounding |
| X-rated | This move is x rated. | Compounding |
| X-rated | This move is x-rated. | Compounding |
| day time (daytime) | You should go during the day time, it's really pretty. | Compounding |
| day time (daytime) | I joined some day time tennis leagues at our club. | Compounding |
| one pager (one-pager) | I'm have written a one pager. | Compounding |
| one pager (one-pager) | I'm have written a couple of one pagers. | Compounding |
| Missing hyphen in 'second largest' | Cologne is the fourth largest city in Germany. | Compounding |
| Missing hyphen in 'billion dollar' | That's a billion dollar idea! | Compounding |
| Missing hyphen in 'fund raise' | I want to fund raise for a good cause. | Compounding |
| Missing hyphen in 'fund raise' | I have fund raised for a good cause. | Compounding |
| Missing hyphen in 'fund raise' | I fund raise for a good cause. | Compounding |
| missing hyphens in 'head-to-head' | They are head to head in the race. | Compounding |
| missing hyphens in 'head-to-head' | It is a head to head battle. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'year over year' | This week over week increase was caused by our ad campaign. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'year over year' | This 40% week over week increase was caused by our ad campaign. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'year over year' | This 40% week over week increase was caused by our ad campaign. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'year over year' | This 40% week over week increase was caused by our ad campaign. | Compounding |
| above mentioned | The above mentioned changes weren't implemented. | Compounding |
| every body (everybody) | Every body is happy! | Compounding |
| some times (sometimes) | Some times I have to check it twice just to be sure. | Compounding |
| out + perform | Tesla is out performing other carmakers when it comes to EV. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'well wishes' | Thanks for the well wishes. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'true-crime' | He likes to watch true crime documentaries. | Compounding |
| on off (on-off) | Tom and Mary are having an on off relationship. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | A warm up is required before every workout session. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | We did two warm ups before we started the training. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | A knock out put him to the floor. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | These knock outs put him to the floor. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The kick off for the project starts at 8am. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The kick offs for the project start at 8am. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The take down happened immediately. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The take downs happened immediately. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The take over happened immediately. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The take overs happened immediately. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | The buy back was expensive. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | I had several flash backs while driving through my hometown. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | He is a work away person. | Compounding |
| warm up (warm-up) | Do you have collected any take aways? | Compounding |
| Hyphen in 'click through rate' | Our new ad has a much higher click through rate. | Compounding |
| score card (scorecard) | The development goals had a mixed score card. | Compounding |
| president-elect | Joe Biden is president elect. | Compounding |
| stand up comedian (stand-up) | He is a stand up comedian. | Compounding |
| stand up comedian (stand-up) | The daily stand up is everyday at 9pm. | Compounding |
| stand up comedian (stand-up) | We had many daily stand ups in the current project sprint. | Compounding |
| left over → leftover | There were no left overs. | Compounding |
| left over → leftover | He ate the left over bread. | Compounding |
| video tape (videotape) | He has watched all video tapes. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen after 'mid' | He woke up mid sleep and screamed. | Compounding |
| drop-in | This software is a drop in replacement. | Compounding |
| AstraZeneca | The pharma company Astra Zeneca is from the UK. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in '2 family house' | They live in a 2 family house. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'no fly zone' | The airplane accidentally entered the no fly zone. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'no fault insurance' | The no fault insurance. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'no fault insurance' | The no fault insurance. | Compounding |
| missing hyphen in 'force feed' | I will force feed the children with vegetables. | Compounding |
| hand full (handful) | It is only a hand full of people. | Compounding |
| do over (do-over) | It is overdue for a complete do over. | Compounding |
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