Goronsky Posted 11 years agoGrammar
Hyphenate adjectives after to-be verbs?
Would you leave these predicate adjectives as is (no hyphens)?
The technology is state of the art.
(Not: .. is state-of-the-art.)
The report was up to date.
(Not: .. was up-to-date.)
The technology is cutting edge.
(Not: .. is cutting-edge.
The test is multiple choice and fill in the blank.
(Not: .. is multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank.)
Do you agree with the unhyphenated, original versions in all examples above?
Thanks