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Hypernym for injured and dead
I'm working on some project that deals with natural disasters. I need to find the most proper word that can be used to refer to someone who either was injured or died in a disaster.
Can I use ...
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Is it “thousands of postmen and women” or “thousands of postmen and -women”?
Is it "thousands of postmen and women" or "thousands of postmen and -women"? Is the use of a hyphen correct in the latter case?
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When to hyphenate open-form compound nouns [duplicate]
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How do I hyphenate an open-form compound word with another that should be hyphenated?
I am taking an editing course, and the instructor said that the following phrase ...
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“Runtime”, “run time”, and “run-time”
The CLR under .NET is referred to as the "Common Language Runtime." It seems that the convention is "runtime" for a noun and "run-time" for the adjective. Is this correct or should it be "runtime" ...
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“adjective noun noun”: which noun does the adjective refer to (“electrical system operators”) [duplicate]
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How does the hyphen change the meaning in expressions like “high performance” and “high-performance”?
Is there a grammar rule behind the hyphen in the phrase 'one-act play'?
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Is “webdesigner” a word?
I am a uh, designer of websites, and I would like to use the phrase for my profession correctly. Unfortunately, webdesigner is flagged by Google Chrome's spellchecker as a misspelling, and web ...
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Hyphenating “steady state” [duplicate]
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When is it appropriate to use a hyphen?
I am unsure if and when to hyphenate steady state (in a mathematical context), i.e.:
We now calculate the steady-state ...
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Hyphen in the noun 'switching-off'? Or gerunds of compound verbs, more generally?
I'm currently proof-reading my girlfriend's Ph.D. thesis (neither of us are native speakers) and I came across the following sentence snippet: "the switching-off induces eddy currents", and the word ...
