Goronsky Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
Suspensive Hyphen
Very, very technically speaking, is the suspensI've hyphen used correctly in the following examples? No rephrasing, please.
• a $90- to $95-million-a-year increase in funding
• a $45,000- to $55,000-a-year savings
• 5- to 10-year-old children
• a 1- to 2-inch-deep laceration
Thank you very much. ??
• a $90- to $95-million-a-year increase in funding
• a $45,000- to $55,000-a-year savings
• 5- to 10-year-old children
• a 1- to 2-inch-deep laceration
Thank you very much. ??
Top answer
What are you suspending in the second example?
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Sorry, a brief contemplation of the example answered my own question. They're all correct.
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