🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works to 4chan@lemmy.world · 11 months agoAnon tries to solve a mysterysh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1290arrow-down110
arrow-up1280arrow-down1imageAnon tries to solve a mysterysh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉@sh.itjust.works to 4chan@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareshastaxc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·11 months agoI was under the impression that such a phrase should be hyphenated in order to use the clitic with it, such as “the-individual-I-spotted’s face”.
minus-squarehakase@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-211 months agoPossibly - I wouldn’t really know. Writing isn’t language, and written English’s “rules” are subjective and largely arbitrary, so I don’t worry about them very much.
I was under the impression that such a phrase should be hyphenated in order to use the clitic with it, such as “the-individual-I-spotted’s face”.
Possibly - I wouldn’t really know. Writing isn’t language, and written English’s “rules” are subjective and largely arbitrary, so I don’t worry about them very much.