When you have 2 adjectives describing one object, do you use 2 hyphens? For example:     There are short- and long-form publications.
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I wrote:     An open -source and -society loving person   and had this corrected by a native English speaker to      An open-source-and-society loving person   Which to me changes the meaning of the phrase. The first one is meant to be short-hand for prefixing both "source" and "society" with "open", while the second one does not seem to connect "society" with "open".  Is either of the forms more correct than the other? Should it be written differently all together?
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When writing (a blog post, script, etc..) what is the proper way to indicate two or more instances of a single letter? For instance, in Monty Python's Bookshop Sketch:     C: I wonder if you might have a copy of "Rarnaby Budge"?      P: No, as I say, we're right out of Edmund Wells!      C: No, not Edmund Wells - Charles Dikkens.      P: (pause - eagerly) Charles Dickens??      C: Yes.      P: (excitedly) You mean "Barnaby Rudge"!      C: No, "Rarnaby Budge" by Charles Dikkens.  That's Dikkens with two Ks, the      well-known Dutch author.      P: (slight pause) No, well we don't have "Rarnaby Budge" by Charles Dikkens      with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author, and perhaps to save time I      should add that we don't have "Karnaby Fudge" by Darles Chickens, or      "Farmer of Sludge" by Marles Pickens, or even "Stickwick Stapers" by Farles      Wickens with four M's and a silent Q!!!!!  Why don't you try W. H. Smith's?      C: Ah did, They sent me here.   I had always believed that plural never uses an apostrophe before the 's' (it's only used for possession), but I have rarely seen in written material the format "four Ms". (On a side note, whoever wrote  also used "two Ks".)  On a side note, and perhaps this should be a separate question, if a Compact Disc is a CD, then two Compact Discs would be two CDs right? (I see "CD's" written everywhere)
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Would it be acceptable to write the following using the hyphens below:  I am trying to get back to my pre-secret-mistress bliss.  Or should it be:  I am trying to get back to my pre-secret mistress bliss.  Is it ok to write:  It's taunting me like some just-out-of-reach nirvana.  Any advice would be appreciated. I have read a style guide on the subject and am now second-guessing myself. Thank you!
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Is there a difference between a written-out fraction that serves as a noun:     He gave me one half of his sandwich.   and a written-out fraction serving as an adjective:     I gave her a one-half share of my cookie.   I say a fraction serving as a modifier should be hyphenated as a phrasal adjective. A fraction serving as a noun should not. But everyone I work with hyphenates fractions no matter what their part of speech.
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How do you know when to use singular or plural nouns if they're used as adjectives?  i.e.     32-bit computer vs 32-bits computer?      teacher union vs teachers union?      wedding planner vs weddings planner?      sport medicine vs sports medicine?      student council vs students council?   Which one is correct?
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I did commented on your post.       Is this a correct sentence? As you know that we often make emphatic sentences by using "did"but when we make them we use 1st form but here 2nd form is used.  I am just confused.
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In my native language, Norwegian, one uses hyphens when stating two or more copulated compound words that has common parts (words). In a thesis I'm working on, should I write     test specimens, test setups and test results   or could I write (like in Norwegian)     test specimens, -setups and -results?
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I remember being taught that the correct order of adjectives in English was something along the lines of "Opinion-Size-Age-Color-Material-Purpose."  However, it's been a long time and I'm pretty sure I've forgotten a few categories (I think there were eight or nine). Can anyone fill them in?
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I've seen the hyphen (-) used in phrases a lot, for example:     audience-knowing      moves-sometimes      do-gooder   When and why is the hyphen used, and what does it mean when it's used?
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Should I use a hyphen to connect the following words? What is the general rule about that?  environment friendly  --&gt;  environment-friendly frontend   --&gt; front-end backend   --&gt; back-end speedup   --&gt; speed-up
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Could we use one adjective for two nouns? Is the following sentence correct?     It has low speed and voltage.
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Would "mid-to-late" and "low-to-mid" be hyphenated as compound modifiers?  Examples:  Temperatures are expected to be in the low-to-mid 60s.  Joe, I think, is in his mid-to-late 80s.  He was in his middle-to-late 40s.  She was in her middle-to-upper 60s.  Temperatures are expected to be in the lower-to-middle 70s.  Are all correct?  Thanks!!!
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In my native language, we can say:     I have dog   Because I don't want to say a dog (one dog, how many dogs) or the dog (that dog, the listener don't care which dog).  p.s. after 3 years later, I have to say, why I ask this question, is I still cannot grasp how to use the right 'article word'. sometimes, a noun will use an article, sometimes, a noun could not(or omit) the article word before it. there aren't a formula for this. So, I have to remember all the time! I feel so frustrate
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Which of these are acceptable? Is one preferable over the other?   "Chemically-deposited tourmaline is never periwinkle." "Chemically deposited tourmaline is never periwinkle."   Also, is the title to the this question asking what I'm trying to ask?  (I realize that there are other questions about hyphenation in similar contexts; I'm asking specifically about -ly adverbs.)
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Is there a grammatical rule to compound a set of words such as a single one? e.g.  word1 word2 --> word1word2  or word1-word2? Bye.
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I couldn't afford that big a car. It was so warm a day that I could hardly work.   The sentences stated above have been taken from Practical English Usage by Michael Swan. If I write-   I couldn't afford that big car. It was so warm day that I could hardly work.   These make sense. But placement of article a makes these sentences awkward to me. Please say why and when articles are placed after adjectives. And what are the differences among 1, 2 and 3, 4.
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Which one of these adjectives is correct? I can see that both of them are being used, I'm just not sure which one is grammatically correct. Are there any general rules to follow as to the use of one against the use of the other?