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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
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Hyphen or not

should well lived be hyphenated or not? well-lived or well lived?
  

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Hyphenate if it premodifies the noun: A well-lived life. Do not if it is a predicate adjective: His life was well lived.

— Mister Micawber

  • Hyphenate if it premodifies the noun: A well-lived life.
  • Do not if it is a predicate adjective: His life was well lived.
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Hyphenate if it premodifies the noun: A well-lived life.
Do not if it is a predicate adjective: His life was well lived.
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Hyphenate if it premodifies the noun: A well-lived life.
Do not if it is a predicate adjective: His life was well lived.

So what about "A Life Well-Lived" in the title case (for a funeral program) -- it doesn't premodify the noun, but I don't think it's a predicate adjective.

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