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Publus Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Hyphenated phrases
How should the italicized portion be rendered? "A fantastic piece by Jim Antle about how today's more spending conscious GOP now clashes with neoconservative dominance of the party on foreign policy."
Would it be more approraiate to write the following?
"A fantastic piece by Jim Antle about how today's more spending-conscious GOP now clashes with neoconservative dominance of the party on foreign policy."
Or does this phrase also require a hyphen between "conscious" and "GOP?"
"A fantastic piece by Jim Antle about how today's more spending-conscious-GOP now clashes with neoconservative dominance of the party on foreign policy."
Would it be more approraiate to write the following?
"A fantastic piece by Jim Antle about how today's more spending-conscious GOP now clashes with neoconservative dominance of the party on foreign policy."
Or does this phrase also require a hyphen between "conscious" and "GOP?"
"A fantastic piece by Jim Antle about how today's more spending-conscious-GOP now clashes with neoconservative dominance of the party on foreign policy."
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Hi, There are no absolute rules about this kind of thing. Consider also that in modern English we tend to try to avoid a lot of hyphens, because thay seem like clutter. That's why the writer used italics.
- Hi, There are no absolute rules about this kind of thing.
- Consider also that in modern English we tend to try to avoid a lot of hyphens, because thay seem like clutter.
- That's why the writer used italics.
- The use of such long adjectival phrases can also be hard for the reader to interpet.
- eg Are they more conscious of spending?
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Hi,
There are no absolute rules about this kind of thing. Consider also that in modern English we tend to try to avoid a lot of hyphens, because thay seem like clutter. That's why the writer used italics.
The use of such long adjectival phrases can also be hard for the reader to interpet.
eg Are they more conscious of spending?
eg Are they conscious of more spen
There are no absolute rules about this kind of thing. Consider also that in modern English we tend to try to avoid a lot of hyphens, because thay seem like clutter. That's why the writer used italics.
The use of such long adjectival phrases can also be hard for the reader to interpet.
eg Are they more conscious of spending?
eg Are they conscious of more spen
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