From: Randal L. Schwartz Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 21:08:20 GMT Subject: Re: [PATCH] Edit user manual for grammar Message-ID: <86wsy83mpn.fsf@blue.stonehenge.com> In-Reply-To: <20070612175421.GA26767@fieldses.org> >>>>> "J" == J Bruce Fields 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 , hyphenate unless it's a "ly" or unless it makes clear sense without it. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training!