Is it back yard or backyard?
Is it back yard or backyard? The thing itself is a two-word phrase: you grow vegetables in your back yard. The adjective form that describes the location of something behind your house is a single word: you have a backyard vegetable garden. What is in a backyard? Depending on the size of the backyard, it may have any number of items (or none), such as: Barbecue. Buildings such as: barn, chicken coop, garage, gazebo, guest house, outhouse, playhouse, sauna, shed, smokehouse, workshop, etc. Why is backyard one word and front yard two? In two words: “Familiarity. People like what's familiar...