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Standard XII
English
Question

State whether true or false:
The following sentence contains a compound adjective:
I saw a man-eating alligator.
  1. True
  2. False

A
False
B
True
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A compound adjective is formed two or more words are joined together to form an adjective to modify the same noun. 'Man-eating' is a compound adjective formed by combining two words 'man' and 'eating' and joining them with a hyphen. Thus, option A is the correct answer.

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