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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hyphens and numbers

Should I use "20,000-square-foot building" or "20,000 square-foot building"? or something different?
  

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I'd write 'a 20,000 sq ft building'. Rover

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  • I'd write 'a 20,000 sq ft building'.
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I'd write 'a 20,000 sq ft building'.

Rover
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20,000-square-foot building

That's how you do hyphens. All the words that go to make up the adjective get joined up.
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