Why Hyphens are Important

Feb. 11th, 2008 01:04 pm
gnomi: (practice_acts_grammar (commodorified))
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Because there are differences among:

-- stinky-fish-eating coworker
-- stinky fish-eating coworker
-- stinky fish eating coworker

If a stinky fish were eating my coworker, I'd be concerned. The other two are just annoyances.
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