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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Millions a year
Correctly hyphenated? Needed for verbatim transcripts -- cannot alter wording. Please select your picks/preferences without a recast.
1) a $10-million-a-year industry
(Hyphen after '$10'? – or should it be 'a $10 million-a-year industry'?)
2) a $10-million- to $15-million-a-year empire
(Can we have two hyphens as part of the suspended hyphenation in '$10-million-'?
3) a 10%- to 20%-a-year reduction
4) a 10- to 20-percent-a-year reduction
5) a 10- to 20-cent savings
6) a 10- to 20-cent-a-week savings
thanks -- I'll buy the next round of lagers.
1) a $10-million-a-year industry
(Hyphen after '$10'? – or should it be 'a $10 million-a-year industry'?)
2) a $10-million- to $15-million-a-year empire
(Can we have two hyphens as part of the suspended hyphenation in '$10-million-'?
3) a 10%- to 20%-a-year reduction
4) a 10- to 20-percent-a-year reduction
5) a 10- to 20-cent savings
6) a 10- to 20-cent-a-week savings
thanks -- I'll buy the next round of lagers.
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victo Needed for verbatim transcripts -- cannot alter wording. A transcript needn't follow any strict rules of punctuation.
- victo Needed for verbatim transcripts -- cannot alter wording.
- A transcript needn't follow any strict rules of punctuation.
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victoNeeded for verbatim transcripts -- cannot alter wording.A transcript needn't follow any strict rules of punctuation.
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And, as I have noted in another thread, there is no absolute agreement on 'rules' of punctuation. If you are writing for publication, your publishers' editors will impose their own rules whatever you think.
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