Guest guest Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 i found some cases with, some without, hyphen even when used as in "well-educated people" or "well educated people." Anyway, we know the standard usage is to use hyphen. But now we are learning that some of this kind of modifying compound is written without hyphen. In other words, we see cases in BTG, etc. that would be comparable to "well educated people." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 At 09:01 PM 12/22/2006 -0500, Bhakti Vikasa Swami wrote: >i found some cases with, some without, >hyphen even when used as in "well-educated people" or "well educated >people." Anyway, we know the standard usage is to use hyphen. But now we are >learning that some of this kind of modifying compound is written without >hyphen. In other words, we see cases in BTG, etc. that would be comparable >to "well educated people." The rule is that it's well-educated x, where x is a noun modified by well-educated, and well-educated is not modified by a preceding adverb. Otherwise, very well educated x, or whatever. You'll find that standard observed in the BTG after 1982 (when I goofed one). The JS-trained Nagaraj Prabhu has it right. Your servant, Dravida dasa >-- > > >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/600 - Release >12/23/2006 4:47 PM > > > > >-- > > >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/600 - Release >12/23/2006 4:47 PM -- Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.15.26/600 - Release 12/23/2006 4:47 PM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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