Today we were in english class and my teacher said it was spelled race car. My whole class thought it was racecar. Is there a space or not?
Please leave a source so I can be sure.
Thanks!
2007-12-10 16:55:35 · 12 answers · asked by Abby Nicole ☮ 4 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
If you're American YES! other speakers of English do not recognise it as one word ..if you type the word into Google it will send you to 'race car redirected from racecar' Wikipedia
and if you run spell check it will change it to two words
2007-12-10 17:02:16 · answer #1 · answered by The old man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is Racecar One Word
2016-10-04 02:53:15 · answer #2 · answered by glymph 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technicly race car. Though race car and racecar are both often considered correct the more correct spelling is two words, race car, the reason being is the first word is a description of the second word, a car for racing, also the alternative word for this is racing car which is always two words. When looked up in a dictionary or spell checker the single word version racecar doesn't come up normally either.
A palindrome doesn't have to be one word, groups of words and sentences can also be palindromes.
2007-12-10 17:15:32 · answer #3 · answered by Mark G 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's one word. And racecar spelled backwards is racecar.
2007-12-10 17:04:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
ok well i don't have a source but i am pretty sure that you are right because you know how everyone says racecar spelled backwords is racecar so how could that be if its two words
2007-12-10 17:02:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I checked WordWeb and they show it as two words. I typed in "racecar" and they defined in with two words.
2007-12-10 21:29:03 · answer #6 · answered by Kitty39 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is always a tendency for closely-related meanings to merge. When I was younger we had micro-computers, which soon became microcomputers then micros. In Dickens you read "bed room". Racecar is still conspicuously American.
2016-11-21 23:39:47 · answer #7 · answered by ivallrod 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Is racecar one word or two?
Today we were in english class and my teacher said it was spelled race car. My whole class thought it was racecar. Is there a space or not?
Please leave a source so I can be sure.
Thanks!
2015-08-14 00:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
if the car is not racing, racecar are two words.
if the car is racing, it is one word.
how can you name a car racecar which is not racing?
2007-12-10 17:03:12 · answer #9 · answered by sv 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is one word in some dictionaries but it is written as race-car. Other dictionaries do not recognize either spellings. It is better known as 'racing car'.
2007-12-10 19:49:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋