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    well-suited or well suited?

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    This Montpellier resort is well-suited for family excursions, while the Rome resort is very well-suited.

    My intial instinct was to write well(-)suited with a hyphen, but it reads strangely to me when I place "very" in front of it.

    I'm not very informed about hyphen rules. What do you think?
    Author Josua(US) (343310) 07 Aug 07, 15:23
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    " well-suited" if the adjective comes before a noun

    "A well-suited resort"

    But otherwise without:

    "It is particularly well suited to the needs of would-be millionaires"

    ("Compounds with well, ill, better, best, little, lesser, and least are hyphenated before the noun, open after a noun, and open if modified by an adverb." Chicago Manual of Style, p. 221)
    #1AuthorPhillipp07 Aug 07, 15:28
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    @Phillipp

    OK, thanks. I think I need to acquire a copy of this Chicago Manual of Style! :)
    #2Author Josua(US) (343310) 07 Aug 07, 15:34
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    /OT (or maybe not)
    What is a Brit like you doing, using the CMS ? Isn't that akin to Hochverrat? ;-)
    #3Authorwpr (AE)07 Aug 07, 15:34
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    @Josua(US), It's a must if you're doing this professionally.
    @wpr, Sometimes one translates for American publishers and galleries. A lot of my work involves bilingual (German/English) art catalogues published in German-speaking countries. Sometimes the client wants AE, sometimes BE.
    My standard reference work for BE is The Oxford Guide to Style.
    #4AuthorPhillipp07 Aug 07, 15:38
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    & in this case the British conventions (according to the Oxford Guide) are the same.
    #5AuthorPhillipp07 Aug 07, 15:45
     
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