Hyphenation (Part 2)
Hyphenation (Part 2)
(OP)
Related discussion in thread1010-90297
Should "up to date" be considered a compound word, and be hyphenated as "up-to-date"?
Usage could be similar to, "He needs to keep the Project Folders maintained with up to date data."
Should "up to date" be considered a compound word, and be hyphenated as "up-to-date"?
Usage could be similar to, "He needs to keep the Project Folders maintained with up to date data."
"Art without engineering is dreaming; Engineering without art is calculating."
Steven K. Roberts, Technomad
Have you read FAQ731-376 to make the best use of Eng-Tips Forums?





RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
Example:
He is a well-liked man.
The man is well liked.
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
It should either be, "...maintained with up-to-date data." or, "...maintained to ensure that the data is (or, for the purists, are) up to date."
--------------------
How much do YOU owe?
http://www.brillig.com/debt_clock/
--------------------
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
"If A equals success, then the formula is: A = X + Y + Z, X is work. Y is play. Z is keep your mouth shut."
-- by Albert Einstein
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
I was given to understand there are compound adjectives hyphenated in all positions (not only when preceding the noun), such as:
Adjective + adjective: A red-hot news story; this is red-hot.
Adjective + participle: A foul-smelling plant; deep-fried fish, etc.
Adjective + noun + ed: A big-boned woman; she was big-boned.
Noun + adjective: A country-wide reputation; news of his escape was now country-wide.
Adjectives involving numbers and units: A 30-km journey, a six-foot-tall man.
Some others: air-cooled, far-reaching, never-ending, life-saving, poverty-stricken.
Any comment ?
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
Strunk also recommends not using such when the word can be better written in one word...i.e. water-foul=waterfowl. He claims a hyphenated expression will evolve into one, eventually...i.e. co-ordinate=coodinate )from the Huxley days).
I hope this helps in some weird-kind-of way.
H.
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
Exceptions: adverbs ending in -ly don't get hyphenated.
Good: well-tempered clavier
Bad: poorly-edited Eng-Tips post
Good: poorly edited Eng-Tips post
Hg
Eng-Tips policies: FAQ731-376
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
HgTX, never said otherwise. As adjectives, they are noun modifiers. I referred to ktlasers' message on their location in a sentence.
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
RE: Hyphenation (Part 2)
Eng-Tips is a proper noun and thus can be spelled, capitalized, and hyphonated however the owner so chooses.
Good Luck
--------------
As a circle of light increases so does the circumference of darkness around it. - Albert Einstein