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Skeptic Posted 7 years ago
Grammar
Explain "time consuming" without hyphen
If not using "time-consuming" as an adj., what is it when used after intransitive verb? EX: "Research is time consuming."
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, when it functions as a predicate adjective: hyphenate Light-adapted retinal slices... do not hyphenate The retinal slices were light adapted...
- , when it functions as a predicate adjective: hyphenate Light-adapted retinal slices...
- do not hyphenate The retinal slices were light adapted...
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AP Style manual: (http://www.apsstylemanual.org/oldmanual/mechanics/hyphens.htm)
Do not use a hyphen when a normally hyphenated compound adjective follows a linking verb and does not precede a noun; i.e., when it functions as a predicate adjective:
hyphenate
Ligh
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Aha! Just as I thought; I spotted the error but had forgotten what it was called - thank you for the source! I no longer have my old AP Style Book, just rusty old lessons taught decades ago.
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