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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Hyphens

For the following phrases, is it correct to hyphenate the words?

red-to-purple tongue color

deep red-to-purple tongue color

soft-to-firm tumor

Thank you in advance for you reply.
  

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Anonymous For the following phrases, is it correct to hyphenate the words? red-to-purple tongue color deep red-to-purple tongue color soft-to-firm tumor The phrases are all correct. Good for you!

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AnonymousFor the following phrases, is it correct to hyphenate the words?
red-to-purple tongue color
deep red-to-purple tongue color
soft-to-firm tumor

The phrases are all correct. Good for you! Each phrase acts as a single adjective before a noun. Phrases like this are usually hyphenated to prevent misreading or misunderstanding the sentence