Should the expression ‘middle of nowhere’ be hyphenated? To lay my cards on the table I’ll say yes; middle-of-nowhere.

How can a question be pedantic?

(See what I did there?)

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no

the hyphen has a lot to do with general opinion about whether it’s in common usage. With a hyphen it suggests it’s new, without then it’s common. So, in this case I say no hyphens.

Nope, it’s the middle of nowhere.

Do you hyphenate phrases such as Bob’s your uncle?

Hyphenating’s good……..do it as often as you can.

Is there any amiguity? If not, then I’d say no.
It took me ages to work out “average speed cameras”.
Are the speed-cameras not particularly out of the ordinary?
Or, are the cameras to be used for measuring average speeds?

However, if you use it before the nown as an adjective then hyphens can be used. “My friend bought a middle-of-nowhere retreat to get away from the madding crowd”. Unless someone thinks differently?

Depends on use; perhaps? In the middle of a sentence, as in Edukator’s example, I’d say that hyphenation would be correct. If one was simply to say “the house is in the middle of nowhere”, then I don’t see the need for hyphens.

What Edukator said. No other possible reason for hyphens.

I don’t believe the middle of nowhere exists so i think this thread is moot

I dunno. I’m going to sit on the fence in a sit-on-the-fence fashion.

Rules for using hyphens.

I don’t believe the middle of nowhere exists so i think this thread is moot

of is in the middle.

Thanks edukator, that’s how I’ve used it..

Edukator and don simon are right – depends on context/ambiguity.

Drac – of is in the middle of the middle of nowhere. h is in the middle of nowhere.

If-you-use-gratuitous-hyphens-it-can-look-like-you’re-speaking-really-quickly.

ADD-CAPITALS-AND-YOU-TURN-INTO-A-DALEK

I have a hyphen in my surname. I’m not sure if that helps.

Is it “The-Duck”?

😉

of is in the middle.

Isn’t h in the middle?

A white hole?