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Guest Posted 22 years ago
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Hyphen question
Hello! Just a quick question (and perhaps a stupid one) I know someone here can help me with: is it: fully-interactive, or: fully interactive? Thanks--you guys are the best.
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Probably totally unnecessary. Certainly in the post-modifying position it should not be used ('this robot is fully interactive'). As a premodifier, there would normally be no confusion ('this is a fully interactive robot' = 'completely interactive robot'), but a hyphen might be wise if modification becomes more complicated: 'this is a fully-interactive, servo-operated humanoid robot'.
- Probably totally unnecessary.
- Certainly in the post-modifying position it should not be used ('this robot is fully interactive').
- As a premodifier, there would normally be no confusion ('this is a fully interactive robot' = 'completely interactive robot'), but a hyphen might be wise if modification becomes more complicated: 'this is a fully-interactive, servo-operated humanoid robot'.
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Probably totally unnecessary. Certainly in the post-modifying position it should not be used ('this robot is fully interactive'). As a premodifier, there would normally be no confusion ('this is a fully interactive robot' = 'completely interactive robot'), but a hyphen might be wise if modification becomes more complicated: 'this is a fully-interactive, servo-operated humanoid robot'.
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