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Hexerei Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

To hyphenate or not to hyphenate?

0 Should I hyphenate "best-available" in the following sentence: "As a result of [blah, blah, blah], we are able to provide you with the best available service."02br
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00ALSO, WHAT ABOUT THIS: (HYPHENATE "BEST POSSIBLE"?)02br
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00"The officers we have selected are highly skilled to provide our customers with the best possible training services." 0-
  

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0 Generally speaking, hyphens are used in compound adjectives using comparatives and superlatives. " 0-

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  • 0 Generally speaking, hyphens are used in compound adjectives using comparatives and superlatives.
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0 Generally speaking, hyphens are used in compound adjectives using comparatives and superlatives. However, I personally would not use a hyphen in your sentences.02br
00In your sentences, you can avoid the hyphenation question completely simply by changing the word order:02br
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00"As a result of [blah, blah, blah], we are able to provide you with the best servi
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0 Hi Hexerei02br
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00Absolutely no hyphen.02br
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