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Re: too narrow or too-narrow?

Subject: Re: too narrow or too-narrow?
From: Deborah Hemstreet <dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com>
To: Susan W Gallagher <susanwg -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:57:05 -0500

Hi Sue (and everyone),

Thanks for the info. too-narrow it is then. I don't mind the nitpicking - keeps my brain fresh!

Deborah

On 01/19/2010 4:47 PM, Susan W Gallagher wrote:

The rule is, use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single adjective, so...
one-day seminar
chocolate-covered peanuts
too-narrow slot

Some grammar books say the hyphen is not necessary when the first word of the compound adjective is an adverb, so would not hyphenate "well known expert" but other books say to.

HTH!
-Sue Gallagher

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