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Subject:hyphens or not....? From:Thom Remington <remingtf -at- ENGG-MAIL -dot- LVS -dot- DUPONT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 13 May 1997 09:06:43 -0400
Recently, I was faced with the task of explaining when to hyphenate a
phrase. I came up with the following, which I think provides some nice
examples in a quick, easy fashion.
Please bring your PICKUP truck to the PICK-UP point to PICK UP your foobars.
FWIW
Thom
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