>>>>> "J" == J Bruce Fields <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: J> On Tue, Jun 12, 2007 at 04:43:19PM +0100, Andy Parkins wrote: >> - "last-resort" is two words, not a conjoined word, it doesn't require >> the hyphen J> Right, but when you've got a couple words functioning together to modify J> a following noun, the hyphen's pretty standard: "rosy-fingered dawn". J> Is this case an exception? I suspect it's fine either way.... According to <http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/042703.htm>, hyphenate unless it's a "ly" or unless it makes clear sense without it. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <merlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Perl/Unix/security consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See PerlTraining.Stonehenge.com for onsite and open-enrollment Perl training! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
