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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar
Olympia record
it was an olympia-record-broken or -breaking performance.
broken or breaking? pls tell me why?
broken or breaking? pls tell me why?
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Both attempts are very awkward. Trying to hyphenate multiple attributive adjectives is not something we do often. It was an Olympic record-breaking performance.
- Both attempts are very awkward.
- Trying to hyphenate multiple attributive adjectives is not something we do often.
- It was an Olympic record-breaking performance.
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Both attempts are very awkward. Trying to hyphenate multiple attributive adjectives is not something we do often. It was an Olympic record-breaking performance.
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Hi Anon -
It's record-breaking that you need here. It is an active description of a kind of performance which is breaking all the records.
Broken is passive, not active. Think of it like this - A broken performance is like a broken leg - it does not go anywhere very fast.
It's record-breaking that you need here. It is an active description of a kind of performance which is breaking all the records.
Broken is passive, not active. Think of it like this - A broken performance is like a broken leg - it does not go anywhere very fast.
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