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Hyphen

0 ISPs also reduce the amount of traffic by providing caching servers to store the most-frequently-accessed Web pages. Is the usage of hyphen for "most-frequently-accessed Web pages" correct, please advise. 0-
  

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providing caching servers to store the most frequently accessed Web pages' is fine. 02br 02br 00You don't need hyphens unless the modification sequence is confusing. 02br 02br 02br 01i 00edited to amend faulty proofreading--see khoff's remark below02i 0-

— Mister Micawber

  • providing caching servers to store the most frequently accessed Web pages' is fine.
  • 02br 02br 00You don't need hyphens unless the modification sequence is confusing.
  • 02br 02br 02br 01i 00edited to amend faulty proofreading--see khoff's remark below02i 0-
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0No, I don't think they are necessary; they look awkward; '...providing caching servers to store the most frequently accessed Web pages' is fine. 02br
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0 Excuse me, Mr.M., but don't you mean you don't think they are necessary? Your rationale seems to contradict your initial statement, so I think perhaps its a typo. Or maybe I've just stayed up past my bedtime. 0-
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0Yes, a typo or a brainstroke. Thanks, Ms. Hoff. I'll go back and fix it now, so these our subsequent remarks will become conundrums. 0-
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