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Phil wrote:
> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2011 4:52 PM
> To: TECHWR-L list
> Subject: Re: Common grammar question
>
> I notice that the Apple Publications Style Guide <snip>
> determines hyphens for a compound adjective depending on where it appears
> in the sentence.
>
> e.g.
> 'black-and-white stripes'
> but
> 'stripes of black and white'
>
> (i.e. hyphens if the compound adjectival modifier is before the noun and no
> hyphens if it is after).
The second example isn't a compound adjectival modifier. "Of black and white" is a prepositional phrase. You wouldn't write "I gave it to John-and-Mary," would you?
Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
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