Re: too narrow or too-narrow?

[Susan W Gallagher <susanwg -at- gmail -dot- com>]

The rule is, use a hyphen to join two or more words serving as a single
adjective, so...
  one-day seminar
  chocolate-covered peanuts
  too-narrow slot

Some grammar books say the hyphen is not necessary when the first word of
the compound adjective is an adverb, so would not hyphenate "well known
expert" but other books say to.

HTH!
-Sue Gallagher

On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Deborah Hemstreet <
dvora -at- tech-challenged -dot- com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I have a caption which reads: "A too narrow slot on layer 9-16"
>
> The question: should this be written as
>
> 1. A too narrow slot on...
>
> or
>
> 2. A too-narrow slot on...
>
> My client says that since too modifies narrow it needs to be hyphenated. I
> admit, these nuances in grammar drive me nuts. Which is right?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Deborah
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