Timeline for Should "long-lasting" be hyphenated after a noun?
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| Jan 30, 2023 at 10:30 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @rajesun - you can also find 'longlasting' (one word) in dictionaries, which, by your reasoning, abolishes both a space and a hyphen. | |
| Jan 29, 2023 at 10:02 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @rajesun - your 'always' seems to be some kind of rule that you were taught; other rules are possible, e.g. Combinations that are hyphenated before nouns should not be hyphenated in the predicate—even if they are hyphenated in the dictionary—when the meaning is clear. She has a part-time job; She works part time. University of Rochester NY USA | |
| Jan 29, 2023 at 9:03 | comment | added | user167304 | The thing is that established compound adjectives are always hyphenated, even when they follow a noun. The question is, is "long-lasting" one such word? My answer is yes, because it has a dictionary entry. Thus, avoiding hyphenation after a noun is not optional for "long-standing", as the comments below the question also seem to suggest. | |
| Jan 29, 2023 at 8:53 | comment | added | user167211 | @Laurel - Thank you for your nuanced answer. It looks like I can follow 2 paths: hyphenation or no hyphenation of "long lasting" after a verb. What would you say is the most common path? | |
| Jan 28, 2023 at 15:42 | comment | added | Laurel♦ | @christianjackson Professional writers pick one style guide and stick to it so they can (hopefully!) have consistency. There is no ambiguity with "x is long lasting" so it will be understood no matter how you hyphenate it. (See edit.) | |
| Jan 28, 2023 at 15:42 | comment | added | Laurel♦ | @MichaelHarvey Judging from the downvotes, my answer was also thought [to be] provoking. | |
| Jan 28, 2023 at 15:36 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 28, 2023 at 15:03 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | @rajesun - it's a matter of style. Leaners or native-speaking schoolchildren are often taught that they must 'never' or 'always' do something and then find out later that the truth is more complicated. | |
| Jan 28, 2023 at 13:41 | history | edited | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 28, 2023 at 13:30 | comment | added | user167304 | I may be lost here but I was taught that predicative compound adjectives NEVER use a hyphen. | |
| Jan 28, 2023 at 13:19 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | This is a good answer. Hyphenation of compound adjectives after the noun is, generally, a matter of style. Your answer is thought provoking. | |
| Jan 28, 2023 at 12:09 | history | answered | Laurel♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |