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minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago standard North-American sized Can we please standardize handling of dashes in multi-word adverb-adjective phrases? Option 1: North American-sized (most common) Option 2: North-American sized (as seen in the article) Option 3: North-American-sized (makes most sense to me)
minus-squareTelodzrum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThere is a standard, compound modifiers preceding the noun. There are also exceptions, proper nouns and their transformations don’t get hyphenated.
minus-squareArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoPhrases containing a proper noun should not be hyphenated.
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoJoke’s on you, there is no noun
minus-squareChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe phrase does not contain the word “America”. Look again.
minus-squareUlfKirsten@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoDid you just denoune America?
minus-squarerobocall@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNone of them need dashes. I guess two is my favorite if I have to have a dash.
Can we please standardize handling of dashes in multi-word adverb-adjective phrases?
Option 1: North American-sized (most common)
Option 2: North-American sized (as seen in the article)
Option 3: North-American-sized (makes most sense to me)
There is a standard, compound modifiers preceding the noun. There are also exceptions, proper nouns and their transformations don’t get hyphenated.
Phrases containing a proper noun should not be hyphenated.
Joke’s on you, there is no noun
America
The phrase does not contain the word “America”. Look again.
You win this round
Did you just denoune America?
None of them need dashes. I guess two is my favorite if I have to have a dash.