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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Present or Past participle used as an adjective

Hi,

What's the correct way to say:

a) a love-starved kitten

b) a love starving kitten



c) a love starved kitten
  

Top answer

(a) is the way I would write it.

— Philip

  • (a) is the way I would write it.
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(a) is the way I would write it.
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I would use c). Certainly not b)
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When one element of the phrase is a present or past participle, a hyphen is used, so you need the hyphen here. a) is correct.

love-starved
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