Good luck, tommyrot!
Punctuation question: "newly developed engagement and outreach strategies" takes a hyphen between "newly" and "developed," right? Edit: Huh! My coworker says no.
And almost sixty-five percent of that was actual compliment. Is that a personal best?
Xander ,'End of Days'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2011 10:23:10 am PDT #28940 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Cass - Sep 28, 2011 10:26:47 am PDT #28941 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Compound modifier, yes.
Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2011 10:27:25 am PDT #28942 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
No. Adverbs modify adjectives; it's what they do. There's no confusion there. Although I see it all the time.
Ginger - Sep 28, 2011 10:27:47 am PDT #28943 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
takes a hyphen between "newly" and "developed," right?
No. An adverb clearly modifies the adjective. A hyphen is needed when there are two or more adjectives, to make it clear that one adjective is modifying the other, rather than both modifying the noun.
sumi - Sep 28, 2011 10:30:58 am PDT #28944 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Dog Driving website. . . really cool.
Jesse - Sep 28, 2011 10:32:50 am PDT #28945 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
An adverb clearly modifies the adjective. A hyphen is needed when there are two or more adjectives, to make it clear that one adjective is modifying the other, rather than both modifying the noun.
Ahhh. Now I actually get it. Thanks.
sumi - Sep 28, 2011 10:34:07 am PDT #28946 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
There's an email group for people into driving and it's called, "Chariots of the Dogs." Hahahaha.
sumi - Sep 28, 2011 10:36:04 am PDT #28947 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
Polter-Cow - Sep 28, 2011 10:36:07 am PDT #28948 of 30001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Basically, if it's an -ly adverb, it's abundantly clear what's going on. If it's a word that can be an adjective or an adverb, then you use the hyphen to make it clear what's going on ("a poorly timed effort" vs. "a well-timed effort," "a quickly moving car" vs. "a fast-moving car"). I think.
Lee - Sep 28, 2011 10:47:44 am PDT #28949 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
I just shared an elevator ride with one of the associates here, and while I talk to her fairly often, I guess every time I've seen her lately she's been sitting down, because I came very close to saying "OMG you're really very pregnant" to her because she looks like she's about 7 or 8 months along, and I didn't even know she was pregnant.
I'm glad I didn't do that.