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==Kudos==

This is an awesome job, Tony. Can I help at all? For example, I'd like to add "date linking" to one of the examples. :) --[[User:Elonka|El]][[User talk:Elonka|on]][[Special:Contributions/Elonka|ka]] 20:47, 6 December 2007 (UTC)

:Thanks Elonka; however, I'm looking for constructive criticism. Does the colour-coding system work? Is Exercise 2c too big (seven issues, plus an eighth) for a single chunk? Is the formatting and structure of the exercises OK? [[User:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</font span>]] [[User_talk:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</font span>]] 00:39, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

== Exercise 2 - final note ==

I hesitate to criticise, but "this" is duplicated. Also, is "just" needed? Thus far, I have found the page and exercises useful. Thanks. [[User:Finavon|Finavon]] ([[User talk:Finavon|talk]]) 20:11, 22 December 2007 (UTC)

:Please ''do'' criticise! Fixed. [[User:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">'''Tony'''</font span>]] [[User_talk:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</font span>]] 01:53, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

== Example 3b ==

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Isn't ''steam locomotive'' also a double adjective (defining ''technology''), which should therefore be hyphenated? I'd say it's a similar situation to ''post-war''. [[User:The Duke of Waltham|Waltham]], <small>[[User talk:The Duke of Waltham|''The Duke of'']]</small> 19:37, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

:You could hyphenate it, or you mght not: it's one of those borderline case. Certainly American writers are less likely to hyphenate a borderline case. [[User:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">'''TONYTony'''</font span>]] [[User_talk:Tony1|<fontspan colorstyle="color:darkgreen;">(talk)</font span>]] 01:54, 9 April 2008 (UTC)

::True. But clarity is always to be gained from such hyphenations, isn't it? [[User:The Duke of Waltham|Waltham]], <small>[[User talk:The Duke of Waltham|''The Duke of'']]</small> 04:41, 9 April 2008 (UTC)