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Grammarholic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Please, please confirm

I'm told (but am looking for confirmation) that these are punctuated to the letter. I cannot rephrase because they're direct quotations. I'm also told to use the m-dash—not a hyphen—between the figures. I was also advised not to use hyphens in the phrasal adjectives because it would get 'overly clunky' and would not provide additional clarity.

Good as is?

Gertrude said, ‘The Cripper Corporation is a $25–$35 million a year business.’

Connie said, ‘The expectation is to achieve a 15–20% a year increase in city funding.’

Dante said, ‘A $100,000–$150,000 a year savings is our targeted goal.’

Alice said, ‘A 20% a year reduction in city crime is our target.’

..... Thank you ... Emotion: smile
  

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com/grammar/phrasal-adjectives / Grammarholic I'm also told to use the m-dash—not a hyphen—between the figures "En dashes generally appear only in typeset material; in typed or keyboarded material the simple hyphen is usually used. The en dash is shorter than the em dash but slightly longer than the hyphen. It is most frequently used (1) as replacement for a hyphen following a prefix that is added to an open compound, (2) as an equivalent to "(up) to and including" when used between numbers, dates, or other notations to indicate range, (3) as a replacement for the word to between capitalized names, and (4) to indicate linkages, such as boundaries, treaties, or oppositions.

— Tkacka15

  • com/grammar/phrasal-adjectives / Grammarholic I'm also told to use the m-dash—not a hyphen—between the figures "En dashes generally appear only in typeset material; in typed or keyboarded material the simple hyphen is usually used.
  • The en dash is shorter than the em dash but slightly longer than the hyphen.
  • It is most frequently used (1) as replacement for a hyphen following a prefix that is added to an open compound, (2) as an equivalent to "(up) to and including" when used between numbers, dates, or other notations to indicate range, (3) as a replacement for the word to between capitalized names, and (4) to indicate linkages, such as boundaries, treaties, or oppositions.
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Grammarholichyphens in the phrasal adjectives
See this: http://grammarist.com/grammar/phrasal-adjectives/
Grammarholic I'm also told to use the m-dash—not a hyphen—between the figures
"En dashes generally appear only in typeset mat
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Thank you, tcacka 15. I reviewed that link, but it still doesn't answer my question. Does anybody else think the punctuation works in all my examples above?
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Yes or no, please.... Thank you.... Emotion: smile
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How did Gertrude 'say' an m-dash? (ie . . . a $25–$35 million. .. )
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They should be en-dashes, not em-dashes.
I would use the hyphens in the last example.

But then, you seem to care only for Mr M's opinion, so no doubt posting was a waste of time.
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