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1. pegasus - Member

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

   Posted 11 months ago #
2. deadlydarcy - Member

   How can a question be pedantic?

   (See what I did there?)

   Posted 11 months ago #
3. Junkyard - Member

   no
   genius ^^^^^^ bot boring

   Posted 11 months ago #
4. toppers3933 - Member

   no

   Posted 11 months ago #
5. Mackem - Member

   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.

   Posted 11 months ago #
6. Edukator - Member

   Nope, it's the middle of nowhere.

   Posted 11 months ago #
7. Hairychested - Member

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

   Posted 11 months ago #
8. ernie_lynch - Member

   Hyphenating's good........do it as often as you can.

   Posted 11 months ago #
9. don simon - Member

   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?

   Posted 11 months ago #
10. Edukator - Member

    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?

    Posted 11 months ago #
11. Three_Fish - Member

    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.

    Posted 11 months ago #
12. Cooroo - Member

    What Edukator said. No other possible reason for hyphens.

    Posted 11 months ago #
13. highclimber - Member

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
14. deadlydarcy - Member

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
15. don simon - Member

    Rules for using hyphens.

    Posted 11 months ago #
16. Drac - Moderator

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

    of is in the middle.

    Posted 11 months ago #
17. pegasus - Member

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
18. wl - Member

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
19. nedrapier - Member

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
20. Cougar - Member

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

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
21. edd - Member

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

    Posted 11 months ago #
22. Cougar - Member

    Is it "The-Duck"?

    Posted 11 months ago #
23. edd - Member

    

    Posted 11 months ago #
24. muddy_bum - Member

    of is in the middle.

    Isn't h in the middle?

    Posted 11 months ago #
25. Cougar - Member

    A white hole?

    Posted 11 months ago #

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