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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Hyphens in compound adjectives

Hello there!

I just joined this forum and I'm hoping you could help me. I'm confused on how to render the compound adjective used in the following phrase:

"a highly fluorescent dye-chemically-doped silica nanoparticle for..." (original statement)

I know that adverbs ending in -ly are not hyphenated. So, should this be re-written instead as

"a highly fluorescent chemically doped dye silica nanoparticle for..."

or

"a highly fluorescent chemically dye-doped silica nanoparticle for..." (or any other suggestions)?

Will really appreciate your help on this.
  

Top answer

I'd love to help you, but I have no idea what this means, so I can't shuggest where the hyphens shoudl go. A highly fluorescent silica nonoparticle that has been chemically dye doped? Is that what it means?

— BarbaraPA

  • I'd love to help you, but I have no idea what this means, so I can't shuggest where the hyphens shoudl go.
  • A highly fluorescent silica nonoparticle that has been chemically dye doped?
  • Is that what it means?
  • If so, rewrite it.
  • There's too many modifiers in a row.
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I'd love to help you, but I have no idea what this means, so I can't shuggest where the hyphens shoudl go.

A highly fluorescent silica nonoparticle that has been chemically dye doped? Is that what it means? If so, rewrite it. There's too many modifiers in a row.
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Hello Grammar Geek,

Thanks for the quick response.

Grammar GeekA highly fluorescent silica nonoparticle that has been chemically dye doped?
Yes, that's exactly what it means. Rewriting the whole thing would be great; however, I need to make few modifications as possible for this is part of an article title.

Is "highly fluorescent
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