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Navitasan Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

No backaches

These corsets are designed for no backaches from sleeping on a too soft mattress.

Is this sentence correct in formal English?

Does one need hyphens in 'no backaches'? How about in 'too soft mattress'?

Gratefully,
Navi.
  

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navitasan Is this sentence correct in formal English? No. These corsets are designed to prevent backaches from sleeping on a soft mattress.

— Mister Micawber

  • navitasan Is this sentence correct in formal English?
  • No.
  • These corsets are designed to prevent backaches from sleeping on a soft mattress.
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navitasanIs this sentence correct in formal English?
No.

These corsets are designed to prevent backaches from sleeping on a soft mattress.
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These corsets are designed to protect against one's getting backaches from sleeping on too soft a mattress.
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