by tony@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Tony Mountifield)
Dec 14, 2007 at 10:58 PM
In article <Y%y8j.8890$h35.7844@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
John Briggs <john.briggs4@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Tony Mountifield wrote:
> >
> > The easiest way is to place the adjective before the noun that it
> > qualifies:
> >
> > a) He played music on the newly purchased MP3 player in his car.
> >
> > b) He played music on the MP3 player in his newly purchased car.
>
> Hyphens?
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere that a hyphen shouldn't be used
between a -ly adverb and an adjective it is modifying.
Cheers
Tony
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