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Snarf Posted 14 years ago
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Pseudo-
"It's a vacuous, half-hearted pseudo-belief."
That hyphen is correct there, right? And how 'bout the two hyphens in this more complex example?:
No one was going to tell them what to do, least of all a pseudo-father-creator, who left them alone in this world to fend for themselves without reason or direction.
That hyphen is correct there, right? And how 'bout the two hyphens in this more complex example?:
No one was going to tell them what to do, least of all a pseudo-father-creator, who left them alone in this world to fend for themselves without reason or direction.
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" That hyphen is correct there, right? : No one was going to tell them what to do, least of all a pseudo-father-creator, who left them alone in this world to fend for themselves without reason or direction. The hyphens are not wrong.
- " That hyphen is correct there, right?
- : No one was going to tell them what to do, least of all a pseudo-father-creator, who left them alone in this world to fend for themselves without reason or direction.
- The hyphens are not wrong.
- But it's a poor idea to string several words together with hyphens.
- It often starts to make it difficult to see the precise meaning.
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Hi,
"It's a vacuous, half-hearted pseudo-belief."
That hyphen is correct there, right? Yes
And how 'bout the two hyphens in this more complex example?:
No one was going to tell them what to do, least of all a pseudo-father-creator, who left them alone in this world to fend for themselves without reason or direction.
"It's a vacuous, half-hearted pseudo-belief."
That hyphen is correct there, right? Yes
And how 'bout the two hyphens in this more complex example?:
No one was going to tell them what to do, least of all a pseudo-father-creator, who left them alone in this world to fend for themselves without reason or direction.
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SnarfAnd how 'bout the two hyphens in this more complex example?:Snarf, may I ask why you chose to write " 'bout" instead of "about," ? Your examples use rather formal language, and you seem to be trying to force a very casual tone into your question. It's just distracting. You don't even save any keystrokes.
Shortening "about" to " 'bout" would b
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