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Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Usage of hyphen
"Here is a guide to dining off-campus."
I have seen the sentence and I think that we do not need the hyphen here like "Here is a guide to dining off campus."
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
I have seen the sentence and I think that we do not need the hyphen here like "Here is a guide to dining off campus."
What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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We don't need it. Compare: Here is a guide to dining off campus. Here is a guide to off-campus dining.
- We don't need it.
- Compare: Here is a guide to dining off campus.
- Here is a guide to off-campus dining.
- We tend to hyphenate such expressions when they are used as adjectives.
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We don't need it. Compare:
Here is a guide to dining off campus.
Here is a guide to off-campus dining.
We tend to hyphenate such expressions when they are used as adjectives.
Here is a guide to dining off campus.
Here is a guide to off-campus dining.
We tend to hyphenate such expressions when they are used as adjectives.
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