End-stage or end stage?

Asked by KRORPERNYC {522}
7/12/2012 9:13:01 AM

I looked this word up in "One word, two words, hyphenated," but I didn't see it.

If the sentence is: "he has end stage tricompartmental osteoarthritis," would you hyphenate end stage or leave it?

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Answered by CS320 {359}
7/12/2012 10:57:25 AM

According to a quick Internet search, it looks as though you would hyphenate it... end-stage.

Answered by fstfngrs {3006}
7/12/2012 11:11:00 AM

Hyphenate it.

Answered by KRORPERNYC {522}
7/12/2012 2:22:30 PM

Thank you! :-)

Hyphenate it. - pinksteno 7/12/2012 7:17:46 PM | Flag

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		Kelly Lopez I would hyphenate! Thursday, July 12, 2012

		Brad Cook I would hyphenate since it`s modifying tricompartmental osteoarthritis.If the sentence was his condition is at the end stage, then I wouldn`t hyphenate. Thursday, July 12, 2012

		Linda Sabor hyphenate. Thursday, July 12, 2012

		Tamara Ross you hyphenate, because it describes WHAT KIND of T.O. he has. It modifies it. Thursday, July 12, 2012

		Jo Kramer Hyphenate. It is a modifier Friday, July 13, 2012

		Andrew Evans Hyphenation for modifiers is not an all-or-nothing undertaking. Whether something is hyphenated depends on where it is in the sentence and what it`s doing. See Brad Cook`s example above. Friday, July 13, 2012