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Together, we are pressing regulators to ban, or at least impose significant restrictions on chemicals that are harming us.
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Which is correct:
- Please enjoy 50% discounts pride merchandise through Monday.
- Please enjoy 50% discounts on Pride merchandise through Monday.
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Pride, pride
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Mental Health Awareness Month
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When using the modifier "all too," would you hyphenate it? Examples: "She was all too happy to go," "Bob was all too successful in convincing them to do wrong," "It is an all-too common occurrence."
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Hi again, I have a question regarding title-cased compounds.
How would you format the following in title casing:
Same-day Deliveries Are Available Nationwide
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Same-Day?
We Are Hiring Patient-Care Technicians
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Patient-care Technicians?
We Are Hiring Post-Acute Care Coordinators
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Post-acute?
Thank you again.
Regards from the Philippines!
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ex: "The days-long event was held over the Memorial Day weekend."
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“The product was moved on both intra- and interstate lines.”
Or would it be better to write it as “intrastate and interstate”?
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