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hyphens or not - Deb

Posted: Aug 07, 2011

The sentence is: Patient is able to heel walk, toe walk, and do single foot toe raises. Or should

it be: Patient is able to heel-walk, toe-walk, and do single-foot-toe raises. Any help please?

Deb - another MT

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...heel walk, toe walk, and do single-foot toe raises.

I would do it this way. Just one hyphen for single-foot, which is a compound adjective for the type of toe raises.

heel and toe are single adjectives for the type of walk and do not require a hyphen.

another MT - Deb

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That is what I was thinking but wasn't sure. Thanks a lot, it makes sense now!

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