Cut down on your wine-intake
Hi
Can we use the intake phrase this way? Do I need a hyphen? Also, are these sentences fully natural?
I must cut down on my wine-intake.
She decided to cut down on her protein-intake.
You must increase your water intake.
So much of calcium intake may cause you a kidney stone.
Thanks,
Tom
Top answer
Hyphens are unnecessary in this context.
- Hyphens are unnecessary in this context.
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Hi
Yes, all of those are good. Maybe the last doesn't need the 'of'. It reads as well, with or without it
Personally, I tend to omit punctuation unless it's necessary to avoid confusion. A noun phrase like alcohol intake, I'd say, doesn't really need it - but that's a matter of style. The sentences work well with or without the hyphen
Dave
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