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Englishnewbie Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hyphen after "optimal"

Hello,

Is "optimal" considered as adverbs ending in "Ly" in terms of no hyphen?

Or can it be hyphenated sometimes?

An optimal range estimator.
An optimal-range estimator.

An estimator for determining the optimal range.

Thank you.
  

Top answer

Hi, Use the hyphen, to show that 'optimal' describes 'range'. and does not describe 'estimator'. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, Use the hyphen, to show that 'optimal' describes 'range'.
  • and does not describe 'estimator'.
  • Clive
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Hi,

Use the hyphen, to show that 'optimal' describes 'range'. and does not describe 'estimator'.

Clive
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