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Goronsky Posted 12 years ago
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Use a 10-20 pound dumbbell for your workout.
Do these look good and concise? Punctuation okay in all?
Use a 10-20 pound dumbbell for your workout.
But: Use a 20-pound dumbbell for your arm workout.
The ad appeals to 20-25 year olds.
The ad appeals to 20-25 year old men.
But: The ad appeals to 25-year-olds. / The ad appeals to 25-year-old men.
45 and 50 year olds
but: 50-year-olds
There was a 10-20 degree temperature drop.
But: There was a 20-degree temperature drop.
***In other words, for a range, no hyphens; for singular values, use hyphens. Using hanging, suspended hyphens is truly ugly. (E.g., a 5- to 10-pound dumbbell, or 45- to 50-year-olds).
Thanks.
Use a 10-20 pound dumbbell for your workout.
But: Use a 20-pound dumbbell for your arm workout.
The ad appeals to 20-25 year olds.
The ad appeals to 20-25 year old men.
But: The ad appeals to 25-year-olds. / The ad appeals to 25-year-old men.
45 and 50 year olds
but: 50-year-olds
There was a 10-20 degree temperature drop.
But: There was a 20-degree temperature drop.
***In other words, for a range, no hyphens; for singular values, use hyphens. Using hanging, suspended hyphens is truly ugly. (E.g., a 5- to 10-pound dumbbell, or 45- to 50-year-olds).
Thanks.
Top answer
goronsky Use a 10-20 pound dumbbell for your workout. I don't know how many times you have posted similar questions on this and other forums. You should have gathered by now that your suggestion is not the ideal one.
- goronsky Use a 10-20 pound dumbbell for your workout.
- I don't know how many times you have posted similar questions on this and other forums.
- You should have gathered by now that your suggestion is not the ideal one.
- If you are really worried about being hyper-correct, then write "Use a dumbbell weighing between ten/10 and twenty/20 pounds for your workout".
- The suspended hyphens are not elegant.
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goronskyUse a 10-20 pound dumbbell for your workout.I don't know how many times you have posted similar questions on this and other forums. You should have gathered by now that your suggestion is not the ideal one. If you are really worried about being hyper-correct, then write "Use a dumbbell weighing between ten/10 and twenty/20 pounds for your workout".
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