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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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Compound modifier - hyphenate or not to hyphenate
Question about hyphenating a compound modifier: should it be "most-effective ways" or "most effective ways", as in "What do you feel are the most effective ways to get members of your community to consider a career as a sales representative?" Thanks!
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This is not a compound modifier. The use of more/most is the way that English makes comparative and superlative forms of multi-syllabic adjectives. There is no hyphen between more/most and the adjective: She is more beautiful than me.
- This is not a compound modifier.
- The use of more/most is the way that English makes comparative and superlative forms of multi-syllabic adjectives.
- There is no hyphen between more/most and the adjective: She is more beautiful than me.
- She is the most beautiful girl in the class.
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This is not a compound modifier.
The use of more/most is the way that English makes comparative and superlative forms of multi-syllabic adjectives. There is no hyphen between more/most and the adjective:
She is more beautiful than me.
She is the most beautiful girl in the class.
The use of more/most is the way that English makes comparative and superlative forms of multi-syllabic adjectives. There is no hyphen between more/most and the adjective:
She is more beautiful than me.
She is the most beautiful girl in the class.
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