Here's an unintentionally amusing recent headline from the BBC News site - and one that demonstrates the importance of hyphens:
Celery eating paramedic suspended
So eating a paramedic is presumably not acceptable behaviour for celery.
Quite a shocking story, though - and here it is in full. Hopefully the BBC hasn't added a hyphen by the time you look...
![Sticks of celery, having eaten a paramedic](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkUPOejKNQKYugpN51eHD1J8Kxl-SclzJ5CE1cC9opAR-J5vbTRa7vXyHVTHkCu9HE52bDai4VuKWX4M1aVX5WZuGlGO3WRD9eGHXzX16_ElgTc9TQNm0LN8CVW4qL4kjmPchdumMhKCw/s320/celery.jpg)
1 comment:
Great one. My former nighteditor used to grind on about hyphens and changed meanings. It all fell into place for me when I understood the difference between little used car and little-used car.
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