Compound Nouns Derived From Phrasal Verbs
www.limlessons.com › en › blog_postPhrasal verbs with -in, -up and less common particles are usually hyphenated to become compound nouns. The plural is formed by adding -s to the end of the noun, not the verb. For example: break-ins, dropouts, rip-offs . Word Stress. In phrasal verbs, the preposition receives the word stress. But, when phrasal verbs are used in their compound noun form, the verb part of the phrase (the first part) receives the stress.