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Anonymous Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Hyphen use

Should the words “freshly fallen” in a sentence be hyphenated or not?


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No. If the first word of a compound adjective ends in 'ly', there is no hyphen. freshly fallen snow poorly educated citizens wildly inaccurate claims Some style manuals expand this to include all adverb-adjective combinations: well documented events OR well-documented events .

— CalifJim

  • No.
  • If the first word of a compound adjective ends in 'ly', there is no hyphen.
  • freshly fallen snow poorly educated citizens wildly inaccurate claims Some style manuals expand this to include all adverb-adjective combinations: well documented events OR well-documented events .
  • CJ
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No. If the first word of a compound adjective ends in 'ly', there is no hyphen.

freshly fallen snow
poorly educated citizens
wildly inaccurate claims

Some style manuals expand this to include all adverb-adjective combinations: well documented events OR well-documented events.

CJ

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