more hyphen woes

Melissa

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Feb 26, 2009, 12:05:32 PM2/26/09

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How about hyphenation for this passage?

...and of the now nearly constant rolling capital campaigns...

jerry_f...@yahoo.com

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Feb 26, 2009, 1:07:34 PM2/26/09

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On Feb 26, 11:05 am, Melissa <Melissa.L...@huntel.net> wrote:
> How about hyphenation for this passage?
>
> ...and of the now nearly constant rolling capital campaigns...

Fine with no hyphens, IMO (unlike most of the others). Not very
impressive, though, as I'd have thought rolling campaigns were
supposed to be truly constant.

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Jerry Friedman

Mike Lyle

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Feb 26, 2009, 4:30:11 PM2/26/09

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I'm unhappy when I see (or catch myself using) "constant" for
"continual", which seems to be the intention here. It rarely causes
misunderstanding, but it does dilute a good word. The substitution would
call for the removal of "nearly".

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Mike.

Mark Brader

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Feb 26, 2009, 8:33:32 PM2/26/09

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Melissa Lind:

> How about hyphenation for this passage?
>
> ...and of the now nearly constant rolling capital campaigns...

I don't know what it means. If "rolling" modifies "capital",
they should be joined by a hyphen. If "rolling" modifies
"campaign", it's correct as it stands.
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Nick

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Feb 27, 2009, 2:11:13 AM2/27/09

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m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) writes:

> Melissa Lind:
>> How about hyphenation for this passage?
>>
>> ...and of the now nearly constant rolling capital campaigns...
>
> I don't know what it means. If "rolling" modifies "capital",
> they should be joined by a hyphen. If "rolling" modifies
> "campaign", it's correct as it stands.

But if "rolling" modifies "campaign" then "nearly constant" is redundant. The
whole point of a rolling campaign is that it keeps going.
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jerry_f...@yahoo.com

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Feb 28, 2009, 12:12:43 AM2/28/09

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On Feb 26, 2:30 pm, "Mike Lyle" <mike_lyle...@REMOVETHISyahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

> jerry_fried...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > On Feb 26, 11:05 am, Melissa <Melissa.L...@huntel.net> wrote:
> >> How about hyphenation for this passage?
>

> >> ...and of the now nearlyconstantrolling capital campaigns...

>
> > Fine with no hyphens, IMO (unlike most of the others). Not very
> > impressive, though, as I'd have thought rolling campaigns were
> > supposed to be trulyconstant.
>
> I'm unhappy when I see (or catch myself using) "constant" for
> "continual", which seems to be the intention here. It rarely causes
> misunderstanding, but it does dilute a good word. The substitution would
> call for the removal of "nearly".

I appreciate the comment, but "constant" versus "continual" has never
succeeded in making an impression on my thick skull.

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Jerry Friedman

Chuck Riggs

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Feb 28, 2009, 6:25:57 AM2/28/09

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On Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:12:43 -0800 (PST), jerry_f...@yahoo.com
wrote:

They are so similar I can't tell which one is being diluted, according
to Mike.
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Regards,

Chuck Riggs
Near Dublin, Ireland