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How does one properly hyphenate compound adjectives that are locations?
Compound adjectives preceding a noun are hyphenated, but how does one properly hyphenate locations? Please include sources.
E.g.
hyphenated, compound adjective: state-of-the-art technology
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Use of the en dash instead of the hyphen in compound adjectives
I have the following taken from a paper that I am editing:
… proposed a water-filling factor aided search method to solve …
My question is related to whether I should use an en dash to connect the ...
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En dash with compound adjectives (problem)
I frequently encounter cases, such as the ones below, where you seemingly have two hyphenated compound adjectives modifying a noun. I know that in such cases that you should join the compound ...
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Hyphenation of a phrasal attributive with an open compound: "A B to C noun"
I'm wondering how to properly hyphenate (or en-dash) the following phrase:
fiber optic to BNC converter
That is to say, a device that converts "fiber optic" to BNC. If it didn't contain an open ...
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