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Well-versed or well versed?
I am trying to determine whether "well-versed" or "well versed" is preferable in a dissertation. Any views?
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[nq:1]I am trying to determine whether "well-versed" or "well versed" is preferable in a dissertation. [/nq] It depends on the context. Generally, 'well-versed' if attributive and 'well versed' if predicative, although I am hard pressed at the moment to think of an attributive use of the expression.
- [nq:1]I am trying to determine whether "well-versed" or "well versed" is preferable in a dissertation.
- [/nq] It depends on the context.
- Generally, 'well-versed' if attributive and 'well versed' if predicative, although I am hard pressed at the moment to think of an attributive use of the expression.
- Sebastian.
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[nq:1]I am trying to determine whether "well-versed" or "well versed" is preferable in a dissertation. Any views?[/nq]
It depends on the context. Generally, 'well-versed' if attributive and 'well versed' if predicative, although I am hard pressed at the moment to think of an attributive use of the expression.
Sebastian.
It depends on the context. Generally, 'well-versed' if attributive and 'well versed' if predicative, although I am hard pressed at the moment to think of an attributive use of the expression.
Sebastian.
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[nq:1]I am trying to determine whether "well-versed" or "well versed" is preferable in a dissertation. Any views?[/nq]
It depends on the way it's used. Here are examples to follow:
He is well versed in literary criticism.
His well-versed criticism is familiar to us.
Matti
It depends on the way it's used. Here are examples to follow:
He is well versed in literary criticism.
His well-versed criticism is familiar to us.
Matti
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[nq:1]I am trying to determine whether "well-versed" or "well versed" is preferable in a dissertation. Any views?[/nq]
The rule is the same as that for any other compound adjective: used attributively (that is, before the noun or pronoun they modify), they are hyphenated; used appositively (that is, after the noun) or predicatively (after a copulative verb), they are not hyphenated.
He was
The rule is the same as that for any other compound adjective: used attributively (that is, before the noun or pronoun they modify), they are hyphenated; used appositively (that is, after the noun) or predicatively (after a copulative verb), they are not hyphenated.
He was
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