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Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Two or more hyphens in a series of adjectives not good?
Hi. Do you think this needs to be rearranged in terms of the phrase structure? If so, how would you rearrange (or change) it?
They want as many ESL-teaching-related materials as you can procure.
They want as many ESL-teaching-related materials as you can procure.
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Yes: They want as many ESL teaching materials as you can procure.
- Yes: They want as many ESL teaching materials as you can procure.
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They want as many ESL teaching materials as you can procure.
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Yes:
They want as many ESL teaching materials as you can procure.
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Hi. Do you think we should not link two words with a hyphen when one is an abbreviation ( I think it is) like ESL and the other is a participle?
Also, do you think linking an adjective and a participle and form an adjective with them is correct?
There seem (seems?) to be many materialistic-minded people.
Sorry but can you give me one sentence with an adje
Also, do you think linking an adjective and a participle and form an adjective with them is correct?
There seem (seems?) to be many materialistic-minded people.
Sorry but can you give me one sentence with an adje
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Do you think we should not link two words with a hyphen when one is an abbreviation ( I think it is) like ESL and the other is a participle?-- That is not a valid guideline.
Also, do you think linking an adjective and a participle and form an adjective with them is correct? -- No, because the participle must act as an adjective, making its modifier an adverb by definition
Do you think we should not link two words with a hyphen when one is an abbreviation ( I think it is) like ESL and the other is a participle?-- That is not a valid guideline.
Also, do you think linking an adjective and a participle and form an adjective with them is correct? -- No, because the participle must act as an adjective, making its modifier an adverb by definition
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Thank you again. I think I have gotten more (example) entries when I looked for the phrase "materialistic minded people" than when I looked for the phrase "materialistically minded people" in the Google Book Search? I think when I typed in those two phrases, I think I have gotten varieties (a variety?) of both the hyphenated versions like "materalistic/materialistically-minded" and unhyphentat
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