[stylist] Grammar: Two Words, One Word, or Hyphenated Words

[myrnaspoetry via stylist]

Jim, this is one of those confusing aspects of the English language and of course even the suggested usages can have exceptions. 
Usually nouns and adjectives are one word and verbs and adverbs are two words. 
Example: You must make up your exam today. (make up is two words)
But if I were to say  'Your makeup exam is today.' then makeup is one word. 
Confused yet?
In the case of outdated it is used mostly as an adjective and therefore would one word. 
Oh the joys of the English language!

Myrna

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> On May 12, 2014, at 7:22 AM, "Homme, James via stylist" <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Can anyone point me to the rules for this kind of thing? It keeps bothering me. My spell checker just told me that outdated was one word, and I realized that I keep tripping up on whether words should be separated by spaces, hyphenated, or one word.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jim
> 
> 
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