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  1. 28-Jan-2011, 01:06 #1
    NearThere
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    Default painstaking

    Is it considered a compound word? If so, which two?

    "pains+taking" or "pain+staking"? Thanks in advance.
  2. 28-Jan-2011, 01:33 #2
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    Default Re: painstaking

    Taking pains is always the way I have understood it.
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