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During the stakeout, Watson and Holmes are forced to sit by each other in cramped quarters, and with nothing to do until the bride shows up, actually attempt to have a personal conversation that isn't at all work related.

Why is not used the preposition "to" at the end of the above sentence: "…that isn't at all work related to" or "that isn't at all related to work". Does the verb "relate to" not belong to the same category, like for example, "hide from", "protect from", "accuse of" and so on?

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    This is a casual use of an adjectival compound we'd write formally as <work-related>.
    – StoneyB on hiatus
    Commented Jan 3, 2016 at 20:44
  • you could say : not related to work or, not work-related.
    – Narasimham
    Commented Jan 3, 2016 at 22:48

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You certainly could say, "... that isn't related to work."

"Work-related" is an adjective meaning "related to work". It's normally written with the hyphen, like I showed it there. I'd say it's wrong without the hyphen; it's certainly unusual.

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