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Open source or open-source?
0 Hello, 02 br
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00 I simply can't figure out when we write open source and when open-source. Here is a couple of examples where I'm not sure which one to use: 02 br
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00 Kaboodle is an open-source (open source?) application. 02 br
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00 Open-source developers (or open source?) developers. 02 br
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00 Microsoft Office faces stiffer competition from the open-source (or open source?) world. 02 br
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00 I've tried to find an answer in Oxford Style Guide to no avail, and Google was no help either. 02 br
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00 I'd really appreciate it, if anyone could clarify this one for me. 02 br
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00 Thank you! 02 br
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00 Kind regards, 02 br
00 Dmitri 0-
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00 I simply can't figure out when we write open source and when open-source. Here is a couple of examples where I'm not sure which one to use: 02 br
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00 Kaboodle is an open-source (open source?) application. 02 br
02 br
00 Open-source developers (or open source?) developers. 02 br
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00 Microsoft Office faces stiffer competition from the open-source (or open source?) world. 02 br
02 br
00 I've tried to find an answer in Oxford Style Guide to no avail, and Google was no help either. 02 br
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00 I'd really appreciate it, if anyone could clarify this one for me. 02 br
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00 Thank you! 02 br
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00 Kind regards, 02 br
00 Dmitri 0-
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0 Hello Dimitri, and welcome to English Forums. e. the clearest presentation-- is to hyphenate when it is an attributive adjective (that is, when it precedes its noun): 02 br 02 br 00 Kaboodle is an open-source application.
- 0 Hello Dimitri, and welcome to English Forums.
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- the clearest presentation-- is to hyphenate when it is an attributive adjective (that is, when it precedes its noun): 02 br 02 br 00 Kaboodle is an open-source application.
- ('open-source' is an attributive adjective) 02 br 00 Kaboodle's application is open source.
- ) an open source.
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0 Hello Dimitri, and welcome to English Forums. In this type of hyphenation problem, you are likely to find more than one opinion, but I would suggest that the safest path-- i.e. the clearest presentation-- is to hyphenate when it is an attributive adjective (that is, when it precedes its noun): 02 br
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00 Kaboodle is an open-source application. ('open-source' is an attribut
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00 Kaboodle is an open-source application. ('open-source' is an attribut
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0 Hi Mister Micawber, 02 br
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00 Thank you for your detailed reply. It's all make sense to me now. 02 br
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00 I've just discovered English Forums, an it's a real treasure trove. 02 br
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00 Kind regards, 02 br
00 Dmitri 0-
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00 Thank you for your detailed reply. It's all make sense to me now. 02 br
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00 I've just discovered English Forums, an it's a real treasure trove. 02 br
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00 Kind regards, 02 br
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0 I agree with Mister Micawber. In my opinion he's exactly right. 02 br
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00 As a general rule, English is lacking in rules, so you should do your best to make your writing unambiguous! 02 br
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00 Endaksi; 05 0 010id 1
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00 As a general rule, English is lacking in rules, so you should do your best to make your writing unambiguous! 02 br
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00 Endaksi; 05 0 010id 1
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