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Bookmark or Share- hyphenation - English Language & Usage Stack ExchangeIs there a rule governing the use of a hyphen with the prefix "post-"? Or is the use of the hyphen decided by convention in this case? In particular, I am concerned about the following sentence:
- Is there a term for the period between midnight and sunrise?@Mitch On a related note, the OED entry for “small hours” gives “the early hours after midnight denoted by the small numbers, one, two, etc.” Interestingly, the 1st citation is from Charles Dickens in 1836: “He invited friends home, who used to come at ten o'clock, and begin to get happy about the small hours.”
- What is the proper use of [square brackets] in quotes?Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
- If I quote only the middle part of a sentence, do I use ellipses?Stack Exchange Network. Stack Exchange network consists of 183 Q&A communities including Stack Overflow, the largest, most trusted online community for developers to learn, share their knowledge, and build their careers.
- List of expertise levels from beginner to expert [closed]And, on a purely subjective note: Skilled and Talented are both terms that I would consider as "above" Intermediate - unless you really do mean to use it as a synonym for halfway or in-between (in which case, you should place it precisely in the middle of your list, which requires a list whose total is odd) - which I hope you don't! –
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