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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hyphenate after verb? I say 'no'.

Do we hyphenate the words after 'is' and 'was' below, or do we leave them as is? I say 'no hyphens to all'.


1-He is old fashioned.

2-She is good looking.

3-His success was off the charts.

4-The technology is cutting edge.

5-The software is state of the art.

6-His success is well deserved.


Thanks.
  

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` I say hyphenate them — except for 'off the charts'.

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  • ` I say hyphenate them — except for 'off the charts'.
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I say hyphenate them — except for 'off the charts'.
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victoDo we hyphenate the words after 'is' and 'was' below, or do we leave them as is? I say 'no hyphens to all'. I agree. Adding the hyphens is not only unnecessary but also very odd.
They only need to be hyphenated when they serve as compound adjectives preceding a noun.
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Old-fashioned, good-looking, cutting-edge and state-of-the-art are normally hyphenated in BrE. Well-deserved is usually hyphenated when it comes before a noun, less commonly so when used predicatively.
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