Re: "based" hyphenations

Subject: Re: "based" hyphenations
From: David Dvorkin <DDvorkin -at- FRXSOFT -dot- COM>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:44:08 -0600

> The normal rule in English is that a compound adjective--that is, an
> adjective formed of two or more words--is hyphenated. So yes,
> browser-based and web-based.

Not quite. Compound adjectives are hyphenated when they precede
the noun they modify but not if they follow it.



David Dvorkin
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