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Englishnewbie Posted 14 years ago
Grammar
the "Big Foot" mystery
Hello,
People have continued to show interest in the "big foot" mystery.
People have continued to show interest in the "big-foot" mystery.
Do you hyphen "big foot" even if this is referring to something specific and in quotes?
Or do you not hyphen when something like this is in quotes?
Most importantly, can you tell me WHY?
Thank you.
People have continued to show interest in the "big foot" mystery.
People have continued to show interest in the "big-foot" mystery.
Do you hyphen "big foot" even if this is referring to something specific and in quotes?
Or do you not hyphen when something like this is in quotes?
Most importantly, can you tell me WHY?
Thank you.
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Hi, I usually see it spelled as one word and capitalized. So, I suggest People have continued to show interest in the Bigfoot mystery.
- Hi, I usually see it spelled as one word and capitalized.
- So, I suggest People have continued to show interest in the Bigfoot mystery.
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Hi,
I usually see it spelled as one word and capitalized.
So, I suggest
People have continued to show interest in the Bigfoot mystery.
I usually see it spelled as one word and capitalized.
So, I suggest
People have continued to show interest in the Bigfoot mystery.
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Hi Thanks for your reply.
I wasn't focusing on the word "big foot/bigfoot" itself but the use of the hyphen...
So what if the word is "monster truck"?
In this case, should it be
I want to be a "monster truck" operator.
I want to be a "monster-truck" operator.
What i want to know is if it is NOT in quotes, it should be
I want to be a monster-truck ope
I wasn't focusing on the word "big foot/bigfoot" itself but the use of the hyphen...
So what if the word is "monster truck"?
In this case, should it be
I want to be a "monster truck" operator.
I want to be a "monster-truck" operator.
What i want to know is if it is NOT in quotes, it should be
I want to be a monster-truck ope
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Monster truck should not be hyphenated there at all. But to answer your question, hyphenated compound modifiers are hyphenated whether they’re in quotation marks or not.
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Hi,
One last question:
What is it is a proper noun?
--He likes the High Mountain villages.
Here "High Mountain" is the actual name of a mountain in Alaska. Do you hyphen this?
Or do you hyphen --High-Mountain--like you would
I am scared of the high-mountain people (people living in high mountains) and say
--He likes the High-Mountain villages (c
One last question:
What is it is a proper noun?
--He likes the High Mountain villages.
Here "High Mountain" is the actual name of a mountain in Alaska. Do you hyphen this?
Or do you hyphen --High-Mountain--like you would
I am scared of the high-mountain people (people living in high mountains) and say
--He likes the High-Mountain villages (c
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If it’s a proper noun, don’t hyphenate it.
He likes the High Mountain villages.
I don’t fully understand the rest of your question, but high-mountain people seems to work so long as the noun isn’t proper.
He likes the High Mountain villages.
I don’t fully understand the rest of your question, but high-mountain people seems to work so long as the noun isn’t proper.
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