Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Criminal Sentence 365: Buy By, Error(s)

Thanks, Rick, for this link:

Headline at news site.

Minors 15-17 Years-Old Can By Greyhound Tickets

Error 1: 15-17 Years-Old: No hyphen needed.
Error 2: By should be Buy.
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 31, 2010 at 9:13 AM

    Error 1 — no hyphen? Well, technically that's correct: the symbol used should not be a hyphen. But it should also NOT be simply nothing. The correct punctuation in this case is an en dash: 15–17. As for the next hyphen, that one is not needed.

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  2. The Sentence SleuthApril 5, 2010 at 8:55 AM

    I should have clarified that the second hyphen should be a space.
    Thanks for paying close attention!

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