English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
MORE ON COMPOUNDS
Repeated ~hand washing~ may follow from obsessions about dirt (nonstandard).
Repeated handwashing may follow from obsessions about dirt (nonstandard).
Everyone wanted more so we had no ~left overs~ (nonstandard).
Everyone wanted more so we had no leftovers (nonstandard).
Sorry the diet is coming late; I spent nine hours in Lagos ~hold up~ yesterday (nonstandard).
Sorry the diet is coming late; I spent nine hours in Lagos hold-up yesterday (standard).
Sorry the diet is coming late; I spent nine hours in Lagos holdup yesterday (standard).
Note, however, that hold up has several meanings as a phrasal verb and should be written as two different words.
GAB
You didn’t input the Standard for the first and second examples