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8 April 2015
If a set of proofs contained the text "an 18 year-old", and "an up to-date dictionary", would you intervene, and suggest in either/both case/s, that there needed to be an additional hyphen? The jury may usually be out, when it comes to hyphenation, and the author/editor's style is usually respected; but would it be seen to be incorrect/too sloppy to only partly hyphenate what are usually entirely-hyphenated terms?
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
Any thoughts?
Thanks!
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Opus
Messages count : 87Likes count : 3Registration : 4 February 2008I'd always prefer to flag a potential issue rather than let it go through unchallenged, even if it's subsequently decided to stick as it is. Surely though it's got to be all or nothing in those cases? It's a bit half chips, half rice as it is.Opus Creative Design Ltd