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English test
English test
Sep
.
8th
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2008
05:58 pm
andrewducker
The BBC are running some intelligence tests. Well, education tests. But still.
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2008-09-08 09:38 pm (UTC)
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19 - Didn't see the hyphen as being necessary in the "long lost brother" sentence. Oh well.
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2008-09-08 09:50 pm (UTC)
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Long-lost, otherwise it's ambiguous and possibly a lost brother who's long!
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2008-09-08 10:12 pm (UTC)
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chuma.livejournal.com
Surely a long brother who is also lost would require a comma?
i.e. "long, lost brother"
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2008-09-08 10:18 pm (UTC)
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Hmm, maybe in that case but it's not the best example of that sort of ambiguity. If I wasn't tired I'd think of something!
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Date: 2008-09-08 10:12 pm (UTC)i.e. "long, lost brother"
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