[aurays]

Hi everyone,

I can't seem to figure out the correct form: cakecrumbs, cake-crumbs or cake crumbs?

I think cakecrumbs and cake crumbs are both interchangeable - is this correct? Is it only a matter of style or a geographical variation?

Would cake-crumbs be correct too or not at all?

[susan53]

All fine - though I think in this case the hyphen might be less likely. But with compounds like this there are no hard and fast rules except where there's a clear difference in meaning - eg between a blackbird and a black bird. The second is not a compound but an ordinary description and to avoid confusion, "blackbird" is always written as one word.

[aurays]

Many thanks Susan!
I was very confused as they all sounded good, but now it makes more sense