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Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town (although all examples suggested have hometown written).

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Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.
Microsoft Word keeps correcting me (I use BrE dictionary). It underlines Home town: I should write Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as an adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?

Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town (although all examples suggested have hometown written).

VERSUS

Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.
Microsoft Word keeps correcting me (I use BrE dictionary). It underlines Home town: I should write Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?

Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town (although all examples suggested have hometown written).

VERSUS

Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.
Microsoft Word keeps correcting me (I use BrE dictionary). It underlines Home town: I should write Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as an adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?
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Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town, but (although all the examples suggested have hometown written).
Cambridge

VERSUS

Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.
Microsoft Word keeps correcting me (I use BrE dictionary). It underlines Home town: I should write Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?

Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town, but all the examples suggested have hometown written.
Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?

Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town (although all examples suggested have hometown written).

VERSUS

Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.
Microsoft Word keeps correcting me (I use BrE dictionary). It underlines Home town: I should write Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?
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'Home Town' or 'Hometown'?

Macmillan has only the entry Home Town.
Oxford also has only the entry Home Town, but all the examples suggested have hometown written.
Cambridge has only the entry Hometown.

  1. Which is the word I should use: Home Town or Hometown?

I've read here that:

Home town is used for “My home town is Flower Mound.” Home is modifying the noun, town.
Hometown is an adjective, as in “My hometown memories.”

  1. Is this all right? Do both words exist, one as a noun and the other as adjective? If it is the case, why the dictionaries don't have both entries?