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Hyphenating "grammatically incorrect" is grammatically incorrect.
by teaspoon 16y ago
Hyphenating "grammatically incorrect" is grammatically incorrect.
- qntm 16y agoDepends whether you're using it as a compound adjective or as a separate adverb and adjective. Correct: "Grammatically, this paragraph is incorrect. It is grammatically incorrect. I'm sick of these grammatically-incorrect paragraphs!" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_modifier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_modifier
- teaspoon 16y agoActually, it doesn't. A compound modifier isn't hyphenated when it's clearly an adverb modifying an adjective -- e.g., when the adverb in question is a -ly word.