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Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar

From
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date
Jun 13, 2007, 07:17 UTC
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Andy Parkins <andyparkins@gmail.com> writes:
> "last-resort" doesn't need to be compound because separated it still 
> means "the resort that is last".

The context was "a last-resort method". In this case, I consider the hyphen necessary in order to keep the adjectivization connected.

-- 
David Kastrup
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  11. Andy ParkinsJun 13, 2007
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