Questions tagged [suspended-hyphen]

Where a hyphen (usually used to link two words), is only linked to one.

Those situations where a hyphen (usually used to link two words), is only linked to one, as in A three- to five-man crew.

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Hyphenless suspended hyphen?

"I always excelled at database and literature mining". "I always excelled at database- and literature mining". "I always excelled at database- and literature-mining". What's the preferred version? In #1 "database" is too detached and may be…
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"market- and technology-based"

Many I ask if it is grammatically correct to put more than one noun in a compound adjective, e.g., "market-and technology-based", "market-and technology-driven"..etc? Many thanks!
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