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Old 07-31-2012, 02:38 PM   #54
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Originally Posted by octothorp View Post
Hyphens are correct, but the comma is incorrect. You treat an adjectival phrase (or phrasal adjective, if you prefer) the same as a single-word adjective. (Aha, see what I did there? My discussion of adjectival phrases even contains an adjectival phrase!)
True dat. I thought about the comma and decided to put it in to help with the readability of "thread thread". Had I known my grammar was going under the microscope I would have left it out.
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