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hereinbeijing · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 101

Hello,
My question is can you also add the word “consciousness” to another word? And would the words be nouns? I'm not asking this question in the "applied linguistics section" because not so many people seem to visit it.
1. We must increase people’s eco-consciousness.
2. We must increase people’s health-consciousness.
3. We must increase people’s money-consciousness.

A student recently asked me this exact question.
Thanks in advance for any answers.
Best wishes,

veiledsentiments · Joined: 20 Feb 2003 Posts: 17644 Location: USA

And just why is this posted on the Saudi Arabia board?

Seems more appropriate for the General Discussion section...

VS

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

I'm still trying to figure out where the "applied linguistics section" is. Confused

MENA_chica · Joined: 28 Sep 2014 Posts: 82 Location: Middle East

spiral78 · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 11534 Location: On a Short Leash

If the OP puts it in General Discussion, it will get more attention, though some of it will likely be off-track anyway:-)

Maybe it's a wiser course to put it here where fewer rodents hang about!
Though so far no-one's been helpful, myself included.

I will give it a shot, though - econ-consciousness (and etc.)doesn't seem to be a word-in-use, but is grammatically ok so far as I can tell so if the context calls for it, why not?

johnslat · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 2:33 pm Post subject:

Can I say it? Yes, I can. I just did (but you probably didn't hear me).

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ecoconsciousness

http://worldlitonline.net/9-ambika-eco-consciousness-through.pdf

Regards,
John

nomad soul · Joined: 31 Jan 2010 Posts: 11454 Location: The real world

Alrighty...

Similarly, it's more commonly used as a phrasal adjective (noun + "conscious") depending on context:

hereinbeijing · Joined: 24 Dec 2007 Posts: 101

Hi guys,
I posted on this forum because the "real" teachers are in Saudi. I'm joking, but I do think you guys are for the most part the elite.
Best wishes,

johnslat · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:03 pm Post subject:

The elite? Well, we teachers who work/have worked in Saudi have been called many things, but I''m fairly sure this is a first. Very Happy

Not that I'm disputing it, of course. Smile

Regards,
John

nellyp · Joined: 29 Mar 2015 Posts: 58

I see no reason not to use these; especially if you use the hyphen. Personally I would use the hyphen, simply because it looks much nicer (a very non-commital word (notice the hyphen). If these are not accvepted words now (which they are; in the same way that eco-awareness is) then they will be soon; and by that I mean they will be accepted into the hallowed pages of the Oxford Dictionary. Did you know that Blue-ray was only accepted last year? I think if you use a hyphen, you can create more things than God

johnslat · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 4:44 pm Post subject:

So, you can be more god-like than God? Very Happy

Regods, (not a typo)
John

nellyp · Joined: 29 Mar 2015 Posts: 58