On 7/29/21 8:51 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 11:22, Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net > <mailto:and...@dunslane.net>> wrote: > > Personally, I would have written this as just "up to date", I don't > think the hyphens are required. > > > FWIW Mirriam-Webster and the CED suggest "up-to-date" when before a > noun, so the changes should be "up-to-date answer" but "are up to date". > > https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/up-to-date > <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/up-to-date> > >
Interesting, thanks. My (admittedly old) Concise OED only has the version with spaces, while my (also old) Collins Concise has the hyphenated version. I learn something new every day, no matter how trivial. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
