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Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Without rephrasing, could I get away with not using any hyphens in the following modifiers?
Without rephrasing, could I get away with not using any hyphens in the following modifiers? Are all examples clear as written?
a 45-50% a year savings
a $15-20 per month service fee
a 10% a year reduction in labor cost
a $5-10,000 a year increase
a $70-80,000 a year job
a $7-12 million a year industry
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a 45-50% a year savings
a $15-20 per month service fee
a 10% a year reduction in labor cost
a $5-10,000 a year increase
a $70-80,000 a year job
a $7-12 million a year industry
Thanks
Top answer
Not sure what you mean by not using any hyphens. Anyway, the most problematic one would probably be "a $5–10,000" a year increase". It could be read as "$5–$10,000" or "$5,000–$10,000".
- Not sure what you mean by not using any hyphens.
- Anyway, the most problematic one would probably be "a $5–10,000" a year increase".
- It could be read as "$5–$10,000" or "$5,000–$10,000".
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Not sure what you mean by not using any hyphens. Anyway, the most problematic one would probably be "a $5–10,000" a year increase". It could be read as "$5–$10,000" or "$5,000–$10,000".
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