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Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'
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Steve Izma |
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Re: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-' |
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Wed, 12 Oct 2022 11:07:41 -0400 |
On Wed, Oct 12, 2022 at 04:47:27PM +0200, Alejandro Colomar wrote:
> Subject: 3-word compound adjectives; the return of the '-'
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> a) block device-based filesystems
> b) block-device-based filesystems
> c) block- device-based filesystems
Surely "filesystems based on block devices" is much less
mind-boggling.
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