| suspended compound adjective |
| Definition - A compound adjective in which the adjectives are separated by an intervening word. |
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Example - first- and second-generation computers |
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Usage: 1. Hyphenate both of the adjectives. left- and right-brained people 2. Avoid forming them from non-adjectives. It accepts both upper- and lowercase letters. (bad) It accepts both uppercase and lowercase letters. (good) |
