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Andrei Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
Top-level or top level
Talks between the Indonesian government and Aceh's separatist rebels will end a day early, international mediators say.
It is unclear why the meeting in Finland is finishing on Saturday.
A top-level delegation from Jakarta met leaders from the Free Aceh Movement (Gam) outside the Finnish capital Helsinki on Friday.
The discussions, which mark the first contact between the sides for nearly two years, were reported to have got off to a good start
I would write 'a top level delegation'. Here it is 'a top-level delegation'. Why is it necessary to hyphen?
It is unclear why the meeting in Finland is finishing on Saturday.
A top-level delegation from Jakarta met leaders from the Free Aceh Movement (Gam) outside the Finnish capital Helsinki on Friday.
The discussions, which mark the first contact between the sides for nearly two years, were reported to have got off to a good start
I would write 'a top level delegation'. Here it is 'a top-level delegation'. Why is it necessary to hyphen?
Top answer
It is hyphenated because it is an adjective. )
- It is hyphenated because it is an adjective.
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It is hyphenated because it is an adjective. (See my response to your other post-- it would be better to collect your thoughts, Andrei, and put similar examples into the same post.)
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I would agree with you that it is the best if I could post similar posts together. I will try my best to heed your suggestion.
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