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.
Questions tagged [suspended-hyphen]
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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…
Pixie
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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!
Jane
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