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Is aboveground one word or two?

Is it aboveground or above ground? I have to write in a paper that I have an aboveground (or an above ground) pool and I don't know which to use.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    two

  • anna
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    Two following a verb, as an adjective, you can hyphenate it. The pool is above ground (preposition followed by a noun), or it is an above-ground pool (adjectival).

  • 1 decade ago

    ONE word.....!

    the geeks in `computer world` have success-fully removed the "hyphen" from nearly all English (grammatically correct) Language , as it assists the Key-board Operator during the course of their work-day. (convenience factor)

    if you want to describe a swimming pool that is placed on or higher than the ground in your yard , the correct way of `writing` this is: above-ground pool.

    the reverse description would be: in-ground pool.

    the same applies to: cooperating......!

    have you ever heard of two people "cooperating" on a project...???

    not me , but i have heard of two people "Co-operating".

    have fun with your research and please refer to the first

    para-graph (now commonly written as paragraph) to spot the hyphenated words included there-in. those words are typed in the correct manner..grammatically..though the hyphen are missing in every-day communications/letter writing/e-mail.

    Source(s): an oldie and an educated one , at that.
  • 1 decade ago

    Spell check has two solutions: 1) above ground and 2) above-ground.

    Use spell check; it's there for a reason.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Two.

  • 1 decade ago

    Definitely two words.

  • 1 decade ago

    Its two words.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    two words

  • 1 decade ago

    two above and ground

    God bless you!

  • 1 decade ago

    its two dude!! :)

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