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Victo Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
"To-Be" Verbs
Would we hyphenate these after the 'to-be' verbs – or leave them as I have them (without hyphens)?
1) The information was up to date.
2) He is well known, well informed, well groomed, well respected and well educated.
3) The technology was state of the art.
4) The questions were multiple choice and fill in the blank.
5) The news was up to the minute.
6) She was ill at ease.
7) The technology was cutting edge.
8) His performance was spot on.
9) His performance was on point.
thank you
1) The information was up to date.
2) He is well known, well informed, well groomed, well respected and well educated.
3) The technology was state of the art.
4) The questions were multiple choice and fill in the blank.
5) The news was up to the minute.
6) She was ill at ease.
7) The technology was cutting edge.
8) His performance was spot on.
9) His performance was on point.
thank you
Top answer
The only thing I would hyphenate is fill-in-the-blank .
- The only thing I would hyphenate is fill-in-the-blank .
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You will probably find, victo, that you will get a range of answers on this topic, as you did on commas. There are no few hard and fast rules on hyphen usage,
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I would hyphenate the second sentence as follows.
2) He is well-known, well-informed, well-groomed, well-respected and well-educated.
2) He is well-known, well-informed, well-groomed, well-respected and well-educated.
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