Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar
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Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn@stonehenge.com>
- Date
- Jun 12, 2007, 21:08 UTC
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>>>>> "J" == J Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org> writes:
J> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:43:19PM +0100, Andy Parkins wrote:
>> - "last-resort" is two words, not a conjoined word, it doesn't require >> the hyphen
J> Right, but when you've got a couple words functioning together to modify J> a following noun, the hyphen's pretty standard: "rosy-fingered dawn". J> Is this case an exception? I suspect it's fine either way....
According to <http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/042703.htm>, hyphenate unless it's a "ly" or unless it makes clear sense without it.
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