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Simon Lee Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Consecutive Adjectives. Hyphen or no hyphen?
1. There is a red fat brown fox.
2. There is a red-fat-brown fox.
3. Some people do not like to eat fattening unhealthy food.
4. Some people do not like to eat fattening-unhealthy food.
Sorry for the poor examples. There are times when I don't understand if I should use a hyphen (-) to connect consecutive adjectives together to support a noun.
May someone explain to create a better understanding for me?
2. There is a red-fat-brown fox.
3. Some people do not like to eat fattening unhealthy food.
4. Some people do not like to eat fattening-unhealthy food.
Sorry for the poor examples. There are times when I don't understand if I should use a hyphen (-) to connect consecutive adjectives together to support a noun.
May someone explain to create a better understanding for me?
Top answer
The following are okay: There was a fat, brown red fox (a red fox is a species of fox). Their uniform was red and brown, and so they became known as the red-and-browns. Some people do not like to eat fattening, unhealthy food.
- The following are okay: There was a fat, brown red fox (a red fox is a species of fox).
- Their uniform was red and brown, and so they became known as the red-and-browns.
- Some people do not like to eat fattening, unhealthy food.
- Fattening-and-unhealthy, that's my favorite kind of food.
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The following are okay:
There was a fat, brown red fox (a red fox is a species of fox).
Their uniform was red and brown, and so they became known as the red-and-browns.
Some people do not like to eat fattening, unhealthy food.
Fattening-and-unhealthy, that's my favorite kind of food.
There was a fat, brown red fox (a red fox is a species of fox).
Their uniform was red and brown, and so they became known as the red-and-browns.
Some people do not like to eat fattening, unhealthy food.
Fattening-and-unhealthy, that's my favorite kind of food.
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Simon Lee1.
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If adjectives indivdually modify the noun, there are no hyphens. Santa Claus is a big fat jolly man.
If two or more adjectives work together to modify an noun
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Thank you for the prompt reply Canadian45. I have a better understanding now.
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