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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Hyphen for perfect-tense verbs used as adjectives?
Since I am not all too familiar with grammar terms, I'd like to keep it brief and ask if this example sentence has correct grammar:
"He used a hollowed-out coconut as a bowl."
My main concern is about "hollowed-out". It appears to be a perfect-tense verb that's used as an adjective to describe "coconut". And I wonder if this verb/adjective thing should be hyphenated or not.
"He used a hollowed-out coconut as a bowl."
My main concern is about "hollowed-out". It appears to be a perfect-tense verb that's used as an adjective to describe "coconut". And I wonder if this verb/adjective thing should be hyphenated or not.
Top answer
Yes: the participle is often used as an adjective. Yes: I would use the hyphen.
- Yes: the participle is often used as an adjective.
- Yes: I would use the hyphen.
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Yes: the participle is often used as an adjective.
Yes: I would use the hyphen.
Yes: I would use the hyphen.
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