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Yoong Liat Posted 4 years ago
third-anniversary memorial service
Which is the correct expression?
Thanks.
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Which is the correct expression?
third-year memorial service
third-anniversary memorial service
Which is the correct expression?
Thanks.
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Yoong Liat Which is the correct expression? It depends on what the service actually is. I am going to guess you want "third-anniversary memorial service" for a commemoration of a death three years ago.
- Yoong Liat Which is the correct expression?
- It depends on what the service actually is.
- I am going to guess you want "third-anniversary memorial service" for a commemoration of a death three years ago.
- I am not a big fan of the tightly packed, multi-word, hyphen-heavy term, especially for something like this because it seems disrespectful to try to conserve ink when a human life is the real issue, and I would be inclined to spell it out, maybe "a memorial service in remembrance of our friend Jason on the third anniversary of his untimely death".
- You get the idea.
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Yoong LiatWhich is the correct expression?
It depends on what the service actually is. I am going to guess you want "third-anniversary memorial service" for a commemoration of a death three years ago. I am not a big fan of the tightly packed, multi-word, hyphen-heavy term, especially for something like this because it seems disrespectful to try to conserve
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