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Linguistic Preference

Posted By: Steve Mellen
Date: Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 7:04 p.m.

In Response To: Linguistic Preference (mamabear)

I defer to you since you have more books published than I do. However, I don't understand why "five-prime" would be hyphenated while "3 point" would not. They are both nouns.

It seems like "five-point prime" would be the pedantically correct version, since five-point is functioning as an adjective: we are taking about a prime with five points. But if "five point prime" is correct, I don't see how that shortens to "five-prime."

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        mamabear -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 1:58 p.m.
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          Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 2:07 p.m.
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            mamabear -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 5:37 p.m.
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              Stick -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 5:58 p.m.
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                  Stick -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 6:16 p.m.
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                    mamabear -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 6:31 p.m.
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                      Jake Jacobs -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 3:01 a.m.
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                    Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 7:27 p.m.
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                      Jake Jacobs -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 3:02 a.m.
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                        Casper van der Tak -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 5:46 a.m.
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              Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 7:04 p.m.
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          Strato -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 2:59 p.m.
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    Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 5:58 a.m.
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    Art Grater -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 7:03 a.m.
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      KenB -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 3:09 p.m.
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    Strato -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 11:30 a.m.
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    Chris Haviland -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 12:42 p.m.
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      Art Grater -- Monday, 3 October 2011, at 1:26 a.m.
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    Steve Mellen -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 1:37 p.m.
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    Tom Keith -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 2:40 p.m.
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      Turz -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 2:52 p.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 3:10 p.m.
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      Casper van der Tak -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 4:38 p.m.
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      Frank Berger -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 4:52 p.m.
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        Turz -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 9:37 a.m.
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          Frank Berger -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 5:47 p.m.
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            Daniel Murphy -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 9:40 p.m.
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          Chiva Tafazzoli -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 6:31 p.m.
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      Chuck Bower -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 4:58 p.m.
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    Turz -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 2:50 p.m.
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      Tom Keith -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 3:10 p.m.
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      Stick -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 3:11 p.m.
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        Colin Owen -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 3:28 a.m.
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      PINO -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 2:07 p.m.
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    Leonardo Jerkovic -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 6:58 p.m.
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    Bob Glass -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 8:13 p.m.
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      Daniel Murphy -- Thursday, 29 September 2011, at 8:30 p.m.
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        Joe Russell -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 2:40 a.m.
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          Jake Jacobs -- Friday, 30 September 2011, at 2:56 a.m.