{"id":3304,"date":"2014-01-02T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2014-08-06T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2014-08-06T17:26:12","slug":"a-space-and-a-hyphen-can-make-a-difference-in-meaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/a-space-and-a-hyphen-can-make-a-difference-in-meaning\/","title":{"rendered":"A space and a hyphen can make a difference in meaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are a number of words in English that are written with or without a hyphen or with or without a space, for example <strong>check<\/strong> in vs. <strong>check-in<\/strong>, and the space and hyphen makes a difference in meaning!\u00a0 Usually the difference is a change in the part of speech of the word, such as noun verses an adjective.<\/p>\n<p>So, wouldn\u2019t it be helpful to see a list of these words and their different parts of speech. Yes, yes it would!\u00a0 That is exactly what you have here. Below I have put together a group of words that are both hyphen or unhyphenated or compound or not compounded.\u00a0 I\u2019ve also listed their parts of speech and on some I\u2019ve given an example of use.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions about this please post your question in the comment area below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>backyard<\/strong> (noun) vs.<strong> back-yard<\/strong> (adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>build up<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>buildup<\/strong> (noun)<\/p>\n<p><strong>check in<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>check-in<\/strong> (noun)<br \/>\nExample: You need to check in at the check-in desk before you can enter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>check out<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>checkout<\/strong> (noun)<\/p>\n<p><strong>clean up<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>cleanup<\/strong> (noun)<\/p>\n<p><strong>close out<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>closeout<\/strong> (noun)<\/p>\n<p><strong>cook out<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>cookout<\/strong> (noun)<br \/>\nExample: Having cooked out last night, I\u2019m not sure I want to go to a cookout today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>cut off<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>cutoff<\/strong> (noun &amp; adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>first-year<\/strong> (adjective) vs. <strong>first year<\/strong> (noun)<br \/>\nExample: During the first year of college all the first-year students have a chance to try out new classes before registering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>hometown<\/strong> (noun) vs. <strong>home-town<\/strong> (adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>line up<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>lineup<\/strong> (noun)<\/p>\n<p><strong>log in<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>login<\/strong> (noun)<\/p>\n<p><strong>long term<\/strong> (noun) vs. <strong>long-term<\/strong> (adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>make up<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>makeup<\/strong> (noun)<br \/>\nExample: Jane always tries to make up new ways to apply her makeup so that it looks fun and different.<\/p>\n<p><strong>set up<\/strong> (verb) vs.<strong> setup<\/strong> (noun and adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>short term<\/strong> (noun) vs. <strong>short-term<\/strong> (adjective)<\/p>\n<p><strong>start up<\/strong> (verb) vs. <strong>start-up<\/strong> (noun)<br \/>\nExample: It is time to start up the meeting for all the new Silicon Valley start-ups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"195\" height=\"185\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2013\/12\/grammar.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><p>There are a number of words in English that are written with or without a hyphen or with or without a space, for example check in vs. check-in, and the space and hyphen makes a difference in meaning!\u00a0 Usually the difference is a change in the part of speech of the word, such as&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/a-space-and-a-hyphen-can-make-a-difference-in-meaning\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":3305,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[135139,135370],"tags":[304776,5552,3576],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english-language","category-english-vocabulary","tag-compounded-word","tag-hyphen","tag-space"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3304"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4334,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3304\/revisions\/4334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3304"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3304"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3304"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}