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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Compound modifiers
Should wholly owned be hyphenated when refering to a company?
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Hyphenate when it is an attributive adjective ( a wholly-owned subsidiary ); use no hyphen when it is predicative ( The subsidiary is wholly owned ).
- Hyphenate when it is an attributive adjective ( a wholly-owned subsidiary ); use no hyphen when it is predicative ( The subsidiary is wholly owned ).
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Hyphenate when it is an attributive adjective (a wholly-owned subsidiary); use no hyphen when it is predicative (The subsidiary is wholly owned).
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