From: David Kastrup Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2007 07:17:42 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar Message-ID: <86d500xqzt.fsf@lola.quinscape.zz> In-Reply-To: <200706122028.01310.andyparkins@gmail.com> Andy Parkins 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