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Mitsuo23 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
when to apply hyphens
When to apply hyphens.
HI,
Is there any general rules about when to use hyphens? The sentences below are from dictionaries. Would you explain why one of them says, "a real turn-on" and one of them says, "a morning pick-me-up"?
- This present’s a thank-you for helping me last week. (seems OK to me.)
- That was just a for-instance. (seems OK to me.)
- The smell of leather on a man is a real turn-on. (a real-turn-on seems more proper to me.)
- It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up. (a morning-pick-me-up seems more proper to me.)
Thank you,
M
HI,
Is there any general rules about when to use hyphens? The sentences below are from dictionaries. Would you explain why one of them says, "a real turn-on" and one of them says, "a morning pick-me-up"?
- This present’s a thank-you for helping me last week. (seems OK to me.)
- That was just a for-instance. (seems OK to me.)
- The smell of leather on a man is a real turn-on. (a real-turn-on seems more proper to me.)
- It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up. (a morning-pick-me-up seems more proper to me.)
Thank you,
M
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mitsuwao23 - The smell of leather on a man is a real turn-on. )- It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up. ) Real is an adjective and consequently no hyphen should be used after it.
- mitsuwao23 - The smell of leather on a man is a real turn-on.
- )- It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up.
- ) Real is an adjective and consequently no hyphen should be used after it.
- Morning is used adjectivally in your example and thus no hyphen is used for the same reason.
- CB
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mitsuwao23- The smell of leather on a man is a real turn-on. (a real-turn-on seems more proper to me.)- It is traditional around here to drink brandy with coffee as a morning pick-me-up. (a morning-pick-me-up seems more proper to me.)Real is an adjective and consequently no hyphen should be used after it. Morning is used adjectivally in your exa
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Cool BreezeMorning is used adjectivally"adjectivally," then it makes sense. Thank you.
M
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