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Compound adjectives — Adverb-adjective compounds

Where an adverb and an adjective are combined, the adverb (always the first element) remains invariable and the adjective agrees:

	Compound Adjective	Plural
French	haut placé	Je connais des fonctionnaires haut placés qui pourraient nous aider
English	highly placed	I know some highly placed civil servants who could help us
French	bien intentionné	Ce sont toujours les personnes bien intentionnées qui créent le plus de problèmes
English	well-intentioned	It's always the well-intentioned people who cause the most problems
French	avant-coureur	Voilà les signes avant-coureurs d'une maladie grave
English	early-warning	There are the early-warning signs of a serious illness

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 Where an adverb and an adjective are combined, the adverb (always the first element) remains invariable and the adjective agrees:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|
+|Compound Adjective
+|Plural
+|-
+|French
+|haut placé
+|Je connais des fonctionnaires haut placés qui pourraient nous  aider
+|-
+|English
+|highly placed
+|I know some highly placed civil servants who could help us
+|-
+|French
+|bien intentionné
+|Ce sont toujours les personnes bien intentionnées qui créent  le plus de problèmes
+|-
+|English
+|well-intentioned
+|It's always the well-intentioned people who cause the most  problems
+|-
+|French
+|avant-coureur
+|Voilà les signes avant-coureurs d'une maladie grave
+|-
+|English
+|early-warning
+|There are the early-warning signs of a serious illness
+|}