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compound adjectives



miroucha
Tunisia

compound adjectives
 
which is correct ? a badly-paid worker or a bad-paid worker ? 

5 Oct 2013      





omarengteacher
Peru

badly-paid, you can �t affect an adjective with another adjective, so you need the adverb "badly", if not, (a bad paid worker, with no hyphen) would mean the worker is bad and gets paid. :P

The option is "badly-paid"

Cheers!!!

5 Oct 2013     



miroucha
Tunisia

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5 Oct 2013     



miroucha
Tunisia

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5 Oct 2013     



basma zerelli
Tunisia

badly-paid and the opposite is well-paid.both of them are made following the rule of:
adverb-past participle

5 Oct 2013     



monder78
Poland

Badly-paid of course is correct

6 Oct 2013