tick-tock again

[Wilson Gray]

On Tue, Dec 27, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Â  Â  Â Re: tick-tock again
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> At least in the TPM version, when implying "timeline" hyphens are not
> used. I suspect the same is true of at least some other uses of the
> /noun/ tick tock.
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> Â  Â  VS-)
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> On 12/27/2011 1:19 PM, Brian Hitchcock wrote:
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>> Â  Â  http://goo.gl/zLm0j Dems Serve Up Ironic Tick Tock Of Events
>> Â  Â  Leading To Payroll Tax Victory A senior Democratic aide offers
>> Â  Â  this tongue in cheek tick tock on the House GOP's payroll tax cut
>> Â  Â  surrender.
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>> ..... Â The above seems sorely bereft of hyphens. Â I could easily imagine
>> three in that sentence, assuming that  ~tick-tock~ needs one.
>>
>> Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  (tongue-in-cheek tick-tock)
>> BWH
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I agree with Bryan. "Unnecessary" hyphens and commas make reading go
more smoothly.

BTW, what are these "when implying 'timeline' hyphens" that "are not
used"?

When-implying "timeline"-hyphens?

"Repent, Harlequin!" said the Tick-Tock Man.
-Harlan  Ellison

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