Mike Unwalla wrote thus at 11:58 PM 18-07-14: > > The hearing is being rushed because the principle is going out of town. > > LT: This word is normally spelled with hyphen: out-of-town > >False alarm. 'Out-of-town' as an adjective is fine. Example, "The new >out-of-town shopping center is very popular." In this sentence, 'out of >town' is not an adjective.
Perhaps it'll help that the rule specifies a following noun. Btw, Mike's grasp of English is excellent. kb ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want fast and easy access to all the code in your enterprise? Index and search up to 200,000 lines of code with a free copy of Black Duck Code Sight - the same software that powers the world's largest code search on Ohloh, the Black Duck Open Hub! Try it now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bds _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel