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Guest Posted 22 years ago
Grammar

"sub processes" or "sub-processes"

Which one is correct?

Same for: "small-scale" or "small scale"

Can someone help me out?

Thnx in advance
  

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Hi, the use of small scale and small-scale depends on the context in which u r using them. for eg; consider the two sentences below: 1) The government offers loans to people to start small-scale industries. 2) The goods imported by our company are always on a small scale.

— Yskh81

  • Hi, the use of small scale and small-scale depends on the context in which u r using them.
  • for eg; consider the two sentences below: 1) The government offers loans to people to start small-scale industries.
  • 2) The goods imported by our company are always on a small scale.
  • using the two examples given above and taking into account the context, decide on when to use "small scale" and "small-scale".
  • hope this helps.
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Hi,
the use of small scale and small-scale depends on the context in which u r using them.

for eg; consider the two sentences below:

1) The government offers loans to people to start small-scale industries.

2) The goods imported by our company are always on a small scale.

using the two examples given above and taking into account the con
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Thanks yskh81! This sure helps.

I used small-scale like in your first example. Thus since "sub" is also an addition to "processes" like "small" to "scale, it should be "sub-processes"?
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Or even "subprocesses". I myself would use tend to use "subprocesses". "Sub-" is a prefix, not a word. By my reckoning that makes space wrong and hyphen optional.

(Of course, "sub processes" could mean "the processes associated with submarines").
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