Re: RFR: package mozilla-pwdhash description
Chris Bannister <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 06, 2009 at 11:59:56PM +1000, Ben Finney wrote:
> > Hyphenation, to show the more-tightly bound relationship between
> > some words used in a phrasal modifier, seems a clarity-seeking
> > practice rather than a dumbing down.
>
> What isn't clear about "clarity seeking practice" where it needs a
> hyphen?
The hyphen is customary on multiple-word modifiers, to show that the
phrase *is* a modifier. It's not a matter of using them only in cases
where it would be unclear without them.
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Ben Finney
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