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Hanuman_2000 Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
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Hello,
1. The streets are brightly lit.
2. These are brightly-lit streets.
Are both the sentences correct?
Why "brightly lit" is not hyphenated in (1)?
Is "lit" in (1) an adjective or past participal used as passive?
I have a lot of confusion about hyphenation. Sometimes it is hyphenated and the same time not.
What are the exact rules?
Please help me.
1. The streets are brightly lit.
2. These are brightly-lit streets.
Are both the sentences correct?
Why "brightly lit" is not hyphenated in (1)?
Is "lit" in (1) an adjective or past participal used as passive?
I have a lot of confusion about hyphenation. Sometimes it is hyphenated and the same time not.
What are the exact rules?
Please help me.
Top answer
#1 is correct. Use the hyphens when the phrase is used to decribe a noun, but not generally after the verb. She attends school part time.
- #1 is correct.
- Use the hyphens when the phrase is used to decribe a noun, but not generally after the verb.
- She attends school part time.
- (no hyphen).
- She is a part-time student.
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#1 is correct.
Use the hyphens when the phrase is used to decribe a noun, but not generally after the verb. She attends school part time. (no hyphen). She is a part-time student.
The other style "rule" (and I use the quotations, because this is a style, not a grammar issue, and there are competing prominent style guides) is that you don't hyphenate with an adverb ending with -ly,
Use the hyphens when the phrase is used to decribe a noun, but not generally after the verb. She attends school part time. (no hyphen). She is a part-time student.
The other style "rule" (and I use the quotations, because this is a style, not a grammar issue, and there are competing prominent style guides) is that you don't hyphenate with an adverb ending with -ly,
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I'm going to leave the parts of speech part to someone else - I'm terrible at that.
But the same comments I made about the hyphens still apply. The style guide I follow says to NOT hyphenate -ly words, and you don't do it (regardless of whether there is an -ly) when it does not come immediately before a noun.
But the same comments I made about the hyphens still apply. The style guide I follow says to NOT hyphenate -ly words, and you don't do it (regardless of whether there is an -ly) when it does not come immediately before a noun.
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Hello,
1. The streets are brightly lit. ("lit" here an adjective?)
1. The streets are brightly lit. ("lit" here an adjective?)
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