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Shelby Killuminati Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Using 'then' as an adjective with hyphen.

Like then-president and then-girlfriend. What does then means here ?
  

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The hyphen is unnecessary. 'The then president' means 'the president at the time'.

— Rover_KE

  • The hyphen is unnecessary.
  • 'The then president' means 'the president at the time'.
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The hyphen is unnecessary.

'The then president' means 'the president at the time'.
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Then is an adverb of time. What is the reason for saying "then president" when "president then" is just as easy to comprehend? Semi-literacy is more illiteracy than literacy.
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