Paula
Fair-skin or fair-skinned ?
15 jun. 2014 14:06
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Hi Camila, Drew has the right idea. 'Fair' is an adjective. 'Skin' is a noun. So you would say: * She has fair skin. Note that there is no hyphen " - " used here. They are two separate words. You can also combine these two words to make a compound adjective: * She is fair-skinned. * Fair-skinned people need to take care when they go out in the sun It is very common to make compound adjectives in this way. You take the adjective ('fair') , add a hyphen ( - ), then turn the noun ('skin') into a verb in the past participle form ( 'skinned' ). Other examples are blue-eyed, short-haired, long-legged. Why don't you try constructing a few words like this yourself?
15 juni 2014
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Maybe someone else knows better, but I believe you say fair-skinned when you describe *someone* and fair-skin when you describe someone's skin. For example: "You are fair-skinned" "You have fair skin" Also I'm not sure if it's fair-skin or fair skin, not that it matters too much. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
15 juni 2014
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