Hyphenation of compound adjective
I'm not sure how to hyphenate the upper case word "Ray Tracing-Based" used in the title of my bachelor's thesis.
From my point of view, it is a compound of a noun and an adj, whereas the noun "Ray Tracing" is written separate and should be connected with a hyphen to the adj "Based" like
- Ray Tracing-Based
Now I'm not sure if one should connect the two words in "Ray Tracing" also with a hyphen, because it might get confused as "Ray 'Tracing-Based' " and not " 'Ray Tracing'-Based"
- Ray-Tracing-Based
Or do I get something completely wrong and I should write the following?
- Ray Tracing Based
Thanks!
Top answer
BleenPaper I'm not sure how to hyphenate the upper case word "Ray Tracing-Based" used in the title of my bachelor's thesis. You aren't alone. I just looked this up in Chicago , and there is no one right answer.
- BleenPaper I'm not sure how to hyphenate the upper case word "Ray Tracing-Based" used in the title of my bachelor's thesis.
- You aren't alone.
- I just looked this up in Chicago , and there is no one right answer.
- By the way, I wish you had provided the noun.
- I will use "graphics".
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BleenPaperI'm not sure how to hyphenate the upper case word "Ray Tracing-Based" used in the title of my bachelor's thesis.
You aren't alone. I just looked this up in Chicago, and there is no one right answer. By the way, I wish you had provided the noun. I will use "graphics".
Outside a title, it would be "ray-tracing-based graphics" because th
0I'd consider simply avoiding the problem, eg by speaking of
based on ray tracing
using ray tracing
A thesis title should be clear and easy to understand. If you start compounding words, it often makes it hard for your readers to find your meaning. and to follow your thinking,
Clive
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