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What is your personal practice in dealing with expressions of fullness that end with "full"? (I'm just curious what other people do, I'm not likely to change my own habits.)
I don't know if USA English has a rule about writing expressions like "cup full" (two words) vs "cupful" (one word sans an "L") vs "cupfull" (one word that the internet says is a misspelling. ). Perhaps each attempt to suffix a word by "full" is separate case. I don't follow a general rule. To me, "screenfull" looks ok, especially in talking about computers. Something like "fountainfull" looks wrong. Situations like "playful" are (to me) special cases. I don't think of "playful" as meaning a play that is full of something.
I don't know if USA English has a rule about writing expressions like "cup full" (two words) vs "cupful" (one word sans an "L") vs "cupfull" (one word that the internet says is a misspelling. ). Perhaps each attempt to suffix a word by "full" is separate case. I don't follow a general rule. To me, "screenfull" looks ok, especially in talking about computers. Something like "fountainfull" looks wrong. Situations like "playful" are (to me) special cases. I don't think of "playful" as meaning a play that is full of something.