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Anonymous Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Hyphen or no hyphen?

Hi everyone!

I'm having trouble working out when to add a hyphen or not. There seems to be disagreement across the web.

Is it:

1. My well thought out and rational observations

or My well-thought-out and rational observations

or My well thought-out and rational observations

and

Those who aren't working full time

or Those who aren't working full-time


Thanks

  

Top answer

Use hyphens when well-thought-out is use adjectivally before a noun—so 'my well-thought-out (and rational) observations' is correct. But ... 'My observations were not well thought out '.

— Rover_KE

  • Use hyphens when well-thought-out is use adjectivally before a noun—so 'my well-thought-out (and rational) observations' is correct.
  • But ...
  • 'My observations were not well thought out '.
  • Similarly: 'They don't have full-time jobs' and 'Their jobs aren't full time'.
  • org/dictionary/english/thought out.
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Use hyphens when well-thought-out is use adjectivally before a noun—so 'my well-thought-out (and rational) observations' is correct.

But ... 'My observations were not well thought out'.

Similarly: 'They don't have full-time jobs' and 'Their jobs aren't full time'.

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