Comments on: Hey you! http://gonad.org/2005/09/14/hey-you/ Hello. I am a collector of internets. Fri, 07 May 2010 15:42:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: justin http://gonad.org/2005/09/14/hey-you/comment-page-1/#comment-22 justin Sun, 18 Sep 2005 13:53:54 +0000 http://gonad.org/?p=41#comment-22 Ahh, that makes sense. I guess "technically-minded furry porn" is correct then. I think I generally hyphenated things correctly, but never quite knew the rule about why I was doing so :) I should have busted out my copy of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312406851/qid=1127051540/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-3921724-9180654?v=glance&s=books&n=507846" rel="nofollow"><em>Rules For Writers</em> by Diana Hacker</a>. On an additional note.. scantily-clad procupines.. oh baby. Ahh, that makes sense. I guess “technically-minded furry porn” is correct then. I think I generally hyphenated things correctly, but never quite knew the rule about why I was doing so :)

I should have busted out my copy of Rules For Writers by Diana Hacker.

On an additional note.. scantily-clad procupines.. oh baby.

]]> By: saqlet http://gonad.org/2005/09/14/hey-you/comment-page-1/#comment-21 saqlet Sun, 18 Sep 2005 07:20:01 +0000 http://gonad.org/?p=41#comment-21 Hyphenate when you have two words as an adjective before the noun ("a scantily-clad porcupine"). After the noun, there's usually no need to hyphenate ("the porcupine was scantily clad"). http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_hyphen.html http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/042703.htm Hyphenate when you have two words as an adjective before the noun (“a scantily-clad porcupine”). After the noun, there’s usually no need to hyphenate (“the porcupine was scantily clad”).

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_hyphen.html

http://www.getitwriteonline.com/archive/042703.htm

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