{"id":88,"date":"2015-05-15T11:28:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T09:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2015-05-15T11:28:03","modified_gmt":"2015-05-15T09:28:03","slug":"hyphens-in-compound-adjectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/pagina-exemple\/spelling\/hyphens\/hyphens-in-compound-adjectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Hyphens in compound adjectives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hyphenate qualifiers formed with two or more adjectives, with an adverb and an adjective or with an adjective and noun\/gerund.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na little-discussed<\/span> problem<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na low-prevalence<\/span> phenomenon<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na well-meaning<\/span> intervention<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

However, do not hyphenate compound adjectival forms in which the first element is an adverb ending in either –ly<\/em> or in -y<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na compellingly argued<\/span> paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na highly detailed<\/span> research proposal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na very engaging<\/span> argument<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Additionally, do not hyphenate compound adjectival forms in which the first element is a comparative or superlative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\nthe most cited<\/span> research paper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
\"Small_OK\"<\/a><\/td>\na less complicated<\/span> suggestion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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Hyphenate qualifiers formed with two or more adjectives, with an adverb and an adjective or with an adjective and noun\/gerund. a little-discussed problem a low-prevalence phenomenon a well-meaning intervention However, do not hyphenate compound adjectival forms in which the first element is an adverb ending in either –ly or in -y. a compellingly argued paper […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":0,"parent":39,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-88","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/webs.uab.cat\/manualdestilinteruniversitari\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}