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hyphenating compound adjectives - Sooner
Posted: Oct 26, 2010
Compound adjectives: Half-a-pack-a-day smoker...does this look right???
Correct, but... - MT
[ In Reply To ..]You are correct, but a bunch of hyphens sort of doesn't look good. I would do half-pack-a-day smoker. It's a little better, anyway. OR, if it's in the middle of a sentence, 1/2-pack-a-day smoker. Fewer characters in that so it looks better.
It is correct unless you type per BOS, then you would - sm
[ In Reply To ..]1/2, and personally I would leave out the first "a", so 1/2-pack
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