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Firstly, police drivers may be attracted to the thrill of driving so high scores on thrill seeking are expected to be associated with more risky decision-making to satisfy sensation seeking motivations whilst driving.
Is "risky decision-making" is an adjective, do we need hyphen, I have a problem with adjectives "decision-making process" here it is clearly understood process which is decision making, is it always the first two letters are hyphenated not the last two words, please can yu advise with examples when will the first two words are hyphenated.
Is "risky decision-making" is an adjective, do we need hyphen, I have a problem with adjectives "decision-making process" here it is clearly understood process which is decision making, is it always the first two letters are hyphenated not the last two words, please can yu advise with examples when will the first two words are hyphenated.
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It depends on the relationships between the words and the clarity or lack of clarity in the combination: Your 'risky decision-making' is a noun phrase (object of 'associated with') and its meaning is 'a risky type of decision-making'; 'risky' modifies the noun, and the hyphen makes that clear. If it were to read 'risky-decision making', it would mean that the 'making' is only of risky decisions-- in other words, stressing the kind of decisions rather than the kind of decision-making. Let's look at a simpler case, though: 'He is a terrible tiger-trainer' -- he is no good at training tigers.
- It depends on the relationships between the words and the clarity or lack of clarity in the combination: Your 'risky decision-making' is a noun phrase (object of 'associated with') and its meaning is 'a risky type of decision-making'; 'risky' modifies the noun, and the hyphen makes that clear.
- If it were to read 'risky-decision making', it would mean that the 'making' is only of risky decisions-- in other words, stressing the kind of decisions rather than the kind of decision-making.
- Let's look at a simpler case, though: 'He is a terrible tiger-trainer' -- he is no good at training tigers.
- 'He is a terrible-tiger trainer' -- he is good at training difficult tigers.
- ' Does this help?
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It depends on the relationships between the words and the clarity or lack of clarity in the combination:
Your 'risky decision-making' is a noun phrase (object of 'associated with') and its meaning is 'a risky type of decision-making'; 'risky' modifies the noun, and the hyphen makes that clear.
If it were to read 'risky-decision making', it would mean that the 'making' is only
Your 'risky decision-making' is a noun phrase (object of 'associated with') and its meaning is 'a risky type of decision-making'; 'risky' modifies the noun, and the hyphen makes that clear.
If it were to read 'risky-decision making', it would mean that the 'making' is only
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