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Joe10jo Posted 22 years ago
Grammar
In, at, or on
Please read the sentence and tell me what you think: should I say on base-housing, in Kirtland Air Force Base, etc...Any help is greatly appreciated!
The encounter took place at a backyard BBQ in base-housing at Kirtland
Air Force Base where he was a serviceman, as was my ex-husband.
The encounter took place at a backyard BBQ in base-housing at Kirtland
Air Force Base where he was a serviceman, as was my ex-husband.
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I think you want "in base housing" ("in" and no hyphen). ), and if you use that, you'll end up with "in on-base housing", which is really too much of a good thing! In my opinion, you want to take the hyphen out of "in base-housing", and stop there.
- I think you want "in base housing" ("in" and no hyphen).
- ), and if you use that, you'll end up with "in on-base housing", which is really too much of a good thing!
- In my opinion, you want to take the hyphen out of "in base-housing", and stop there.
- The sentence is fine.
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I think you want "in base housing" ("in" and no hyphen).
"on base housing" gets too tangled up with the expression "on-base housing" (with a hyphen!), and if you use that, you'll end up with "in on-base housing", which is really too much of a good thing!
In my opinion, you want to take the hyphen out of "in base-housing", and stop there. The sentence is fine.
"on base housing" gets too tangled up with the expression "on-base housing" (with a hyphen!), and if you use that, you'll end up with "in on-base housing", which is really too much of a good thing!
In my opinion, you want to take the hyphen out of "in base-housing", and stop there. The sentence is fine.
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