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Subject:Re: Real-world .... as an adjective From:sweeneym -at- msoe -dot- edu To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:30:31 -0500 (CDT)
David Wrote:
>
> Well, that's what you've got--an adjective phrase. If it occurs *after*
> the noun it modifies, though, it should probably not be hyphenated, as in
> "the seaman is able bodied," "testing in the real world," and so on.
AP Style guide says:
Many combinations that are hyphenated before a noun are note hyphenated
when they occur after a noun. (She works full time.)
But when a modifyier that would be hyphenated before a noun occurs instead
after a form of the verb "to be," the hyphen usually must be retained to
avoid any confusion. (The children are soft-spoken. The man is well-known.
Therefore, the seaman is able-bodied.)
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