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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
Hyphenation
How would this phrase be hyphenated?
customer service related field (i.e., job field)
Chicago style recommends that an en dash be used in this example that it provides:
"country music–influenced lyrics"
I'm having trouble figuring out when and where to hyphenate or if the first bold phrase requires different punctuation altogether. I'd really appreciate your help. If you could offer a brief explanation, I'd be very grateful for that as well. Thank you.
customer service related field (i.e., job field)
Chicago style recommends that an en dash be used in this example that it provides:
"country music–influenced lyrics"
I'm having trouble figuring out when and where to hyphenate or if the first bold phrase requires different punctuation altogether. I'd really appreciate your help. If you could offer a brief explanation, I'd be very grateful for that as well. Thank you.
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Anonymous Chicago style recommends that an en dash be used in this example that it provides:"country music–influenced lyrics" Now, that is a new one for me! Well, if it catches on, I'll start recommending it. As for the awkward 'customer service related field', my advice has always been to re-cast it: I'm betting that 'customer service' would probably fit into the same context adequately.
- Anonymous Chicago style recommends that an en dash be used in this example that it provides:"country music–influenced lyrics" Now, that is a new one for me!
- Well, if it catches on, I'll start recommending it.
- As for the awkward 'customer service related field', my advice has always been to re-cast it: I'm betting that 'customer service' would probably fit into the same context adequately.
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AnonymousChicago style recommends that an en dash be used in this example that it provides:"country music–influenced lyrics"Now, that is a new one for me! Well, if it catches on, I'll start recommending it. As for the awkward 'customer service related field', my advice has always been to re-cast it: I'm betting that 'customer service' would probably
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Anonymous"country music–influencedI wonder what country lyrics that are influenced by music are.
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My paper Chicago, 15th edition, does not have that example or anything like as strange as it. It has "post–World War II years" and "hospital–nursing home connection", both of which look OK and get the job done logically, in my opinion. I don't like "country music–influenced"; the cure is worse than the disease. If I hadn't paid good money for my stylebook, I would just do what I've always d
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Thank you all for your kind replies. I always appreciate hearing different points of view.
Yes, I figured re-casting the sentence would be the best option to avoid the hyphenation conundrum altogether. However, there are some layout, spacing, and formatting issues with the document in which "customer service related field" is included that won't allow for a whole lot of tinkering around.
Yes, I figured re-casting the sentence would be the best option to avoid the hyphenation conundrum altogether. However, there are some layout, spacing, and formatting issues with the document in which "customer service related field" is included that won't allow for a whole lot of tinkering around.
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