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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Hyphens or no hyphens?
Here is my sentence, and I put hyphens where I thought they need to be; however, it looks awkward:
She has a 9.8-feet-per-second running-rate average.
Please help!
Thank you!
She has a 9.8-feet-per-second running-rate average.
Please help!
Thank you!
Top answer
8-feet-per-second running-rate average. No kidding, it certainly is awkward. It's better to avoid using a lot of these hyphenated kind of adjectives.
- 8-feet-per-second running-rate average.
- No kidding, it certainly is awkward.
- It's better to avoid using a lot of these hyphenated kind of adjectives.
- Compare this version.
- 8 feet per second.
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Hi,
Here is my sentence, and I put hyphens where I thought they need to be; however, it looks awkward:
She has a 9.8-feet-per-second running-rate average.
No kidding, it certainly is awkward. It's better to avoid using a lot of these hyphenated kind of adjectives. Compare this version.
She runs at an average rate of 9.8 feet
Here is my sentence, and I put hyphens where I thought they need to be; however, it looks awkward:
She has a 9.8-feet-per-second running-rate average.
No kidding, it certainly is awkward. It's better to avoid using a lot of these hyphenated kind of adjectives. Compare this version.
She runs at an average rate of 9.8 feet
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It's a transcript and I can't change the wording, unfortunately.
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