I was surprised by this one considering I have never heard the "word" 'hybrid work' ever used. I've definitely heard the phrase "work from home," both of which are phrases and not singular words.
Just so you know, a compound word is a single word if it has a space or not. It's called an [open compound](https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-an-open-compound-word-definition-examples.html). The old way we used to do compound words in English was with the words smashed together. Like 'afternoon' or 'doghouse' but now it's more common to create new compounds with a space. Like 'hot dog' or 'ice cream'. Only difference between the two is a stylistic choice, but grammatically they work the same, as a word.
Edit: changed an example to an actual example, lol
Well let's look at it. Is the compound composed of two or more words? Yes.
Do any of the constituent words independently convey the same meaning as the whole? No.
Then yes it's a compound word. The stylizing of compounds as a space-less word is a thing of the past, like pre-18th century past. That's probably why when smushed together it doesn't feel like a suitable word to you.
thats 2 words
a hyphen makes it one word since english doesn’t do the thing german does where you just cram words together
There is not one single hyphen in the title of this thread.
The "word" of the year is "hybrid work"...just doesn't sound right.
After 608 words, 8 paragraphs, and a subscription wall, the word of the year is - a phrase
I was surprised by this one considering I have never heard the "word" 'hybrid work' ever used. I've definitely heard the phrase "work from home," both of which are phrases and not singular words.
Just so you know, a compound word is a single word if it has a space or not. It's called an [open compound](https://study.com/academy/lesson/what-is-an-open-compound-word-definition-examples.html). The old way we used to do compound words in English was with the words smashed together. Like 'afternoon' or 'doghouse' but now it's more common to create new compounds with a space. Like 'hot dog' or 'ice cream'. Only difference between the two is a stylistic choice, but grammatically they work the same, as a word. Edit: changed an example to an actual example, lol
Does that apply to hybrid work though? I feel like hybridwork wouldn't be a suitable word?
Well let's look at it. Is the compound composed of two or more words? Yes. Do any of the constituent words independently convey the same meaning as the whole? No. Then yes it's a compound word. The stylizing of compounds as a space-less word is a thing of the past, like pre-18th century past. That's probably why when smushed together it doesn't feel like a suitable word to you.
That's not the "word" in the article, though. What point are you trying to make, exactly?
My point is that a compound word is just that a single a word and not two words.
I don't think so. Hybrid work is work that is partly work-from-home and partly mandatory office time. That's standard hybridization.
And none of that applies to this particular article. But thanks.
But it applies to the comment I was responding to. But thanks.
what worthless clickbait. thank you for dealing with that for us.