adverb-(hyphen)-adjective
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01 span 01 b 00 I can't find a source that explains what I 01 u 00 thought 02 u 00 I understood many years ago. The question deals with joining an adverb and an adjective with a hyphen 01 u 00 before 02 u 00 the noun, but not afterward: 02 b 02 span 02 p
01 p01 b 01 span 00 the freshly-cut lawn smells great ~ the lawn is freshly cut 02 span 02 b 02 p
01 p01 b 01 span 00 he is a highly-admired admiral ~ the admiral is highly admired. 02 span 02 b 02 p
01 p01 b 01 span 00 Now, someone whom I respect has told me that this is true 01 u 00 only 02 u 00 with "well": 02 span 02 b 02 p
01 p01 b 01 span 00 the well-known actress is crazy ~ the actress is well known for her crazy antics. 02 span 02 b 02 p
01 p01 b 01 span 00 Any thoughts from punctuation experts? 02 span 02 b 02 p
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0 Hi Philip 02 br 02 br 00 If you google "compound adjectives", you should be able to find a number of sources. htm
- 0 Hi Philip 02 br 02 br 00 If you google "compound adjectives", you should be able to find a number of sources.
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00 If you google "compound adjectives", you should be able to find a number of sources. 02 br
00 Even Wikipedia has a bit of information: 02 br
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00 Scroll down to 01 b 00 "Compound Hyphenated Adjectives" 02 b 00 and then d
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01 b 01 font 00 the freshly cut lawn smells great ~ the lawn is freshly cut 02 font 02 b 02 br
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001 cite 10 Yoong Liat 12 cite 11 b 11 font 12 br10 I haven't noticed that at all (except when one o
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10 Another thing I observe is the removal of hyphens, as in the following: 12 br
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20 Another thing I observe is the removal of hyphens, as in the following: 22 br
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00 The one example you gave seems to be a headline, and I suppose a headline-writer might want to dispense with the hyphens 02 br
00 since headlines look "cleaner" or "less busy" without multiple hyphens. Headlines tend to minimize and/or eliminate things anyway. 02 br
00 And I can also imagine why an author might decide not to hyphenate
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00 My student took his exam recently and the comprehension passage was taken from the 01 b 01 i 00 Readers' Digest, 02 i 02 b 00 an American publication. In the passage was the phrase 01 b 00 '4 year old child' (not hyphenated) 02 b 00 . So I told my student that nowadays the hyphens are disappearing from such ph
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00 Of course I'm familiar with RD -- I've even worked there. 05 6 02 br
00 Without knowing more about the RD excerpt you're referring to, I can't possibly comment on it. I can tell you what 02 br
00 my own observations are and what my own opinion is. And what I can also do is show you plenty of RD articles 02 br
00 containing hyph
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00 Thanks for the great effort. 02 br
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00 I think the doing away with hyphens for such phrases hasn't become so widespread yet. I have seen the version without hyphens in other publications. 02 br
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00 I would say that I'm in favour of hyphens and would advise my students to use the hyphen
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