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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Hyphen?

I am not sure if this is the right place for my question - I'm very sorry if it's not!
I am not a native English speaker, and was wondering which of these two is correct:

"I am studying second- and third-year courses"
"I am studying second and third year courses"

Thank you very much in advance!
  

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The first is the correct use of the suspended hyphen. Many argue that there is no longer a need to hyphenate phrases like this, so, depending on whether or not you adopt that thinking, the second sentence might also be viewed as correct. I personally prefer the suspended hyphen.

— Sam1947

  • The first is the correct use of the suspended hyphen.
  • Many argue that there is no longer a need to hyphenate phrases like this, so, depending on whether or not you adopt that thinking, the second sentence might also be viewed as correct.
  • I personally prefer the suspended hyphen.
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The first is the correct use of the suspended hyphen.

Many argue that there is no longer a need to hyphenate phrases like this, so, depending on whether or not you adopt that thinking, the second sentence might also be viewed as correct.

I personally prefer the suspended hyphen.
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Thank you very much!
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