how common is stress-buster?

[alpacinou]

Hello.

How common is the word stress-buster?

Are these sentences correct and natural?

1. For me, mountain climbing is a great stress-buster.
2. Dance is a powerful stress-buster.
3. My favorite stress buster is playing the piano.

 

[emsr2d2]

Is there a reason that you hyphenated "stress-buster" in sentences 1 and 2 but not in 3.

Note that the correct spelling is "stressbuster". No hyphen. No space. See HERE.

 

[Tarheel]

That's a new one to me. Perhaps:

My favorite stress reliever is playing the piano.

 

[alpacinou]

Is there a reason that you hyphenated "stress-buster" in sentences 1 and 2 but not in 3.

Note that the correct spelling is "stressbuster". No hyphen. No space. See HERE.

I wasn't sure.

So, are those sentences correct and natural?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, they are all correct. How natural they are depends on who you're talking to.

 

[emsr2d2]

I wasn't sure.

So, are those sentences correct and natural?

If you're not sure of the spelling of something, look in a good physical dictionary, or Google "correct spelling of [your word]". You can also search online dictionaries. If you spell it wrong, but you're close, it will almost certainly say something like "Do you mean [correct spelling]?"