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Old 05-Apr-2008, 05:58
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I was told that -ly words should not be hyphenated, as in legally blond or superbly bad. But I get to see many writing otherwise.

How valid is saying "George Clooney has some vaguely-interesting answers"?
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So u mean that's sloppy style. Can u elaborate on why u think so? Thanx.
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You are asking some interesting questions.
You are asking some very interesting questions.

Why would I hyphenate 'very-interesting questions'???

'vaguely' is the adverb, modifying the adjective 'interesting'. It's "sloppy" to hyphenate them because it's incorrect to do so!
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