You hyphenate the teeth acting as an adjective, I e. Two-gun kid, not two gun-kid
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PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 11 months agoThe hyphen goes between grade and levels. Confidently incorrect.
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
You also hyphenate compound nouns. Depending on context, “two gun-kids” could be correct. Though, it seems unlikely.
Also, in this case you should use e.g. (not i.e.). No big deal though, I knew what you meant.
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
All that does is make it extremely poorly written because of “sixth” followed by a compound noun instead of the misplaced hyphenation for a compound adjective.
What you basically just said is “it’s not grammatically incorrect that way, it’s even more grammatically incorrect to the point of being nonsensical in this other, more abstruse way.”
OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 11 months ago
6th-grade levels
It’s not that hard
WoahWoah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
No shit. I was explaining to the person that thinks it should be “6th grade-levels” why that is even more nonsensical.
For someone that seems critical of writing errors, you’re shockingly bad at reading comprehension. It’s not that hard.
jaybone@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How is the feet pics thing working out for you?
PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Quite a few pictures. Most of them troll pictures.