It is the same with 'skilfully' and 'carved.' There is no need for hyphens.) (The adverb 'beautifully' adds to the adjective 'painted' but is not part of it. It was a beautifully painted portrait in a skilfully carved frame.There is no need to group it and 'brave' together with a hyphen.) (The adverb 'extremely' modifies the adjective 'brave' but is not part of it. Young Tracey is an extremely brave girl.Usually, there is no need to link an adverb to an adjective using a hyphen.

Compound Adjectives with AdverbsĪn adjective is often preceded by a word like 'very,' 'well,' 'beautifully,' or 'extremely.' (These are adverbs.) Read more about alternatives to hyphens in compound adjectives. The word 'lawn' is just a common noun, hence the lowercase 'l.')

The village fete will be held on the Red Lion lawn.

(The word 'Tickets' should be 'tickets.')

Did you manage to get the Billy Elliot Tickets?.

The noun does not get a capital letter unless it is part of the title. (Here, capital letters, italics, and quotation marks group the adjective.)

For more than ten years, Jack claimed to be part of the ' Mary Celeste' crew before admitting to his cousin at a party that he was not.

(In this example, quotation marks group the compound adjective.)

Amber looked at the stick in the water, looked me in the eye and then turned away, giving me a 'get it yourself' look.

NB: Italics tend to be used for foreign words.) (Here, italics group the compound adjective.

It is an ab initio course (i.e., for beginners).

Examples of Compound Adjectives with Quotation Marks and ItalicsĪlthough a less common practice, it is also possible to group the words in a compound adjective using quotation marks, italics, or a combination of the two. It is a compound adjective using title case.)

Waking the Dead Claire Goose had a cat that loved potato chips.

As the capital letters group the words, there is no need to use a hyphen.) (The words 'Billy Elliot' are one adjective describing the tickets.

Did you manage to get the Billy Elliot tickets?.

With such compound adjectives, there is no need to group the words using hyphens. Sometimes, compound adjectives are formed from proper nouns (i.e., the names of things), and these are written using capital letters. Examples of Compound Adjectives from Proper Nouns Compound adjectives can end with past participles (adjectives that usually end '-ed,' '-d,' '-t,' '-en,' or '-n' and are formed from verbs).

Another word for brave that ends in ed