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Hans51 Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Do you have the number to a car-used dealership
I heard this sentence, 'Do you have the number to a car-used dealership.'
And I think 'of' is more appropriate in the sentence. What do you think? Or is there a reason that 'to' should be there? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
And I think 'of' is more appropriate in the sentence. What do you think? Or is there a reason that 'to' should be there? Thank you so much as usual and have a good day.
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' I think "for" is more appropriate. As an aside, are you sure you haven't reversed "car-used"? " Best regards, - A.
- ' I think "for" is more appropriate.
- As an aside, are you sure you haven't reversed "car-used"?
- " Best regards, - A.
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Hans51'Do you have the number to a car-used dealership.'I think "for" is more appropriate.
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One more refinement, Hans: I don't believe we use the hyphen in this case. (used car dealership)
On the other hand, "pre-owned cars" is almost always hyphenated, and "second-hand cars" is often hyphenated, and sometimes appears as one word: "secondhand cars."
There doesn't seem to be any rule of thumb for these things!
- A.
On the other hand, "pre-owned cars" is almost always hyphenated, and "second-hand cars" is often hyphenated, and sometimes appears as one word: "secondhand cars."
There doesn't seem to be any rule of thumb for these things!
- A.
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AvangiI don't believe we use the hyphen in this case. (used car dealership)I would. Although the hyphen is often omitted, grammar calls for one, since used-car is used as an attributive modifier. Without the hyphen, one could say that the car dealership is used!
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I see your point, Gus. Thanks!
When two words modify the third, we often do that.
I cheated and used Google to see what is most common.
(I found one hyphen in the first ten pages -- "used-car dealership software" Hmmm, now it's gone.)
Regards, - A.
When two words modify the third, we often do that.
I cheated and used Google to see what is most common.
(I found one hyphen in the first ten pages -- "used-car dealership software" Hmmm, now it's gone.)
Regards, - A.
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