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Maple Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
Question about Hyphen's Usage
These were beautifully made, heavy books I would lie down with on the floor in front of the dining room hearth, and more often than the rest volume 5, Every Child’s Story Book, was under my eyes.
1) more often than the rest volume 5
2) more-often-than-the-rest volume 5
Question: Are both of them correct? If yes, which is better?
1) more often than the rest volume 5
2) more-often-than-the-rest volume 5
Question: Are both of them correct? If yes, which is better?
Top answer
g. a ten-year-old child. This is not the case here.
- g.
- a ten-year-old child.
- This is not the case here.
- You could punctuate the sentence differently: These were beautifully made, heavy books I would lie down with on the floor in front of the dining room hearth and, more often than the rest, volume 5 , Every Child’s Story Book, was under my eyes.
- By the way, not hyphen's usage but the usage/use of hyphens.
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We use a hyphenated series of words when they act together as an adjective, e.g. a ten-year-old child. This is not the case here. You could punctuate the sentence differently:
These were beautifully made, heavy books I would lie down with on the floor in front of the dining room hearth and, more often than the rest, volume 5, Every Child’s Story Book, was under my e
These were beautifully made, heavy books I would lie down with on the floor in front of the dining room hearth and, more often than the rest, volume 5, Every Child’s Story Book, was under my e
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Hi, So, "more often than the rest" functions as an adv here.
Thank you J Lewis.
Thank you J Lewis.
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Yes, that's right. I have to say that I don't like the sentence very much. It's grammatically correct but rather long and rambling.
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0 So, would cave dwelling animals be hyphenated between cave and dwelling? 0-
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0 Yes, it's preferable. A "cave dwelling" is a home in a cave, so the hyphen helps the reader to understand the function of the two words when placed before "animals" 0-
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0 Yes, I'd say so, because without a hyphen (but with a comma) it could mean fine and coloured, while with a hyphen it means "having fine colours". In the same way "a long-legged table" means a table with long legs, while a long legged table" could mean a long table with legs". 0-
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0 Hi, Liza! What do you mean when you say that the first is the correct choice? Are you refering to the original question? I think we agree that hyphens are not required, but do you agree that it's not a very good sentence? 0-
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