Anonymous Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Hyphen usage
We are having an argument over whether the title of our group named Mid-South Youth Orchestra should actually have a hypen between the Mid-South or just Mid South. What do you think???
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It can go either way according to the dictionary. It can be a word on its own, or used in a hypehnated form. Here is a comment from Webster's: Note: Mid is much used as a prefix, or combining form, denoting the middle or middle part of a thing; as, mid-air, mid-channel, mid-age, midday, midland, etc.
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It can go either way according to the dictionary. It can be a word on its own, or used in a hypehnated form.
Here is a comment from Webster's:
Note: Mid is much used as a prefix, or combining form, denoting the middle or middle part of a thing; as, mid-air, mid-channel, mid-age, midday, midland, etc.
You might look at the way other groups are named. For example, the
Here is a comment from Webster's:
Note: Mid is much used as a prefix, or combining form, denoting the middle or middle part of a thing; as, mid-air, mid-channel, mid-age, midday, midland, etc.
You might look at the way other groups are named. For example, the
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