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Saturday, May 23, 2009

Things I've Learned From Copyediting, No. 4


Here is another example of where a hyphen is rather important. Today I'm editing academic work in the field of education:

" ... some small school principals are aware of the problem"

Without the hyphen in "small-school" I am picturing a 4-ft person behind a large desk in the school office!

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