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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Compound adjective hyphenated?
Help please!
Is it upper-management-administrative support or upper management administrative support? ...and why?
Thank you
Is it upper-management-administrative support or upper management administrative support? ...and why?
Thank you
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I would suggest no hyphens. You use hyphens to clarify what could be ambiguous. "Upper management" is so well understood that the hyphens would be redundant.
- I would suggest no hyphens.
- You use hyphens to clarify what could be ambiguous.
- "Upper management" is so well understood that the hyphens would be redundant.
- If you hyphenated "management" and "administrative" it would make it seem like a joint thing.
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I would suggest no hyphens.
You use hyphens to clarify what could be ambiguous. "Upper management" is so well understood that the hyphens would be redundant. If you hyphenated "management" and "administrative" it would make it seem like a joint thing.
You use hyphens to clarify what could be ambiguous. "Upper management" is so well understood that the hyphens would be redundant. If you hyphenated "management" and "administrative" it would make it seem like a joint thing.
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