English compound

grammar

Solution 1:

Here is a rule I read related to evolution of compound words.

Most compound words start out as two words :

Air plane, Space ship

Stage two, they are hyphenated :

Air-plane, Space-ship

Stage three, over time they start become accepted as a single word:

Airplane,Spaceship

I am not whether this answers your question, but hope it helps.

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