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Nike is a proper noun as it's the name of a company, while symbol is just a common noun. However, if you described Nike's Swoosh, Swoosh is the name of the symbol and is a proper noun. I don't think I've ever seen high school hyphenated, but maybe I've missed it. I know I wouldn't hyphenate primary ...

There's oil coming out of the car sounds absolutely fine though, and There's oil getting out... is just awful - as if the oil had a mind of its own. I agree, it does sound awkward. Another example is a person would get out of bed not come out of bed . I don't think the latter works very well, and a...

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I don't there is too much difference since they both describe exiting or leaving something. I think it is mostly to do with the context and how the author uses language. In speech, come out is an invitation ("Come out and play"), while get out is an order ("Get out of here"). In your examples, I thi...

I'm not a teacher, but I'm going to start working on my certificate/Master's in January, so you might want to take this into account. When I was growing up the books I remember reading in school were Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Martian ...