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Heralding Heretic Posted 11 years ago
Grammar

Word order

Greetings and salutations,

Is the following correct?

A fueled by despair attempt

or is it better to say:

An attempt fueled by despair

Thanks
  

Top answer

The first one doesn't work as written; it could just about work with hyphens ("A fueled-by-despair attempt") but it is unusual. Normally you would use the second one.

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  • The first one doesn't work as written; it could just about work with hyphens ("A fueled-by-despair attempt") but it is unusual.
  • Normally you would use the second one.
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The first one doesn't work as written; it could just about work with hyphens ("A fueled-by-despair attempt") but it is unusual. Normally you would use the second one.
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Ok I will use the second one. Thank you for replying
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