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Sextus Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

With or without hyphen

Hi,

Would you write "value-beliefs" or "value beliefs"? Or are both possible? For instance, I write "value judgments".

Thanks,

Sextus
  

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Hello Sextus I would probably leave out the hyphen. But I might enclose it in inverted commas: "value beliefs". MrP

— MrPedantic

  • Hello Sextus I would probably leave out the hyphen.
  • But I might enclose it in inverted commas: "value beliefs".
  • MrP
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Hello Sextus

I would probably leave out the hyphen. But I might enclose it in inverted commas: "value beliefs".

MrP
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Why? Does it sound weird?

Sextus
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Well, it has a slightly jargonish air, to my mind. Are you able to give more context?

MrP
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If that's the reason, then it's ok, because it's clear from the context.

Thanks P.
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