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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Compound Adjectives
I'm hoping someone can assist with my compound-adjective questions, as I've been hunting the web for days on these two points:
1. I'm doing my IT resume and want to say that I created a briefing for new employees about safe computing (staying away from bad websites, etc.) How do I hyphenate it? This is what I think is correct:
- Developed new employee-safe computing briefing ...
But I used to think this:
- Developed new-employee safe-computing briefing ...
2. For the same IT resume, I want to say that I did a communications campaign that also had the goal of getting stakeholder buy-in. Again, how do I hyphenate it? This is what I think is correct:
- Developed communications-and-buy-in campaign ...
(since buy-in is already hyphenated, I used the en-dash for the remaining hyphens, but it still may not be correct)
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!! Once I get these two figured out, my resume is finished!!!
Thanks
Jeff
1. I'm doing my IT resume and want to say that I created a briefing for new employees about safe computing (staying away from bad websites, etc.) How do I hyphenate it? This is what I think is correct:
- Developed new employee-safe computing briefing ...
But I used to think this:
- Developed new-employee safe-computing briefing ...
2. For the same IT resume, I want to say that I did a communications campaign that also had the goal of getting stakeholder buy-in. Again, how do I hyphenate it? This is what I think is correct:
- Developed communications-and-buy-in campaign ...
(since buy-in is already hyphenated, I used the en-dash for the remaining hyphens, but it still may not be correct)
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!!! Once I get these two figured out, my resume is finished!!!
Thanks
Jeff
Top answer
Too many hyphens. Such jerry-built structures are for those who do not know how to write. Restructure your statements: Developed an internet safety brief for new employees Designed a communications campaign to encourage stakeholder buy-ins
- Too many hyphens.
- Such jerry-built structures are for those who do not know how to write.
- Restructure your statements: Developed an internet safety brief for new employees Designed a communications campaign to encourage stakeholder buy-ins
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Too many hyphens. Such jerry-built structures are for those who do not know how to write. Restructure your statements:
Developed an internet safety brief for new employees
Designed a communications campaign to encourage stakeholder buy-ins
Developed an internet safety brief for new employees
Designed a communications campaign to encourage stakeholder buy-ins
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