• Stovetop@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    My experience is more “feels” than fact I suppose, but I’ve always seen it that any adjective or noun playing adverb to another adjective or participle should be hyphenated to the word it describes.

    Red-hot coals (coals that are hot to the point of being red)

    Red hot coals (coals that are both hot and red)

    Ruby-red shoes (shoes that are as red as rubies)

    Ruby red shoes (ruby shoes that are red)

    Smooth-talking rogue (a rogue who talks smoothly)

    Smooth talking rogue (a smooth rogue who talks)

    Bamboo-eating panda (a panda who eats bamboo)

    Bamboo eating panda (bamboo is eating a panda)

    • Hawke@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      ruby shoes that are red

      You mostly nailed it but this one would be “red ruby shoes”

      determiner, quantity, opinion, size, physical quality, shape, age, colour, origin, material, type, and purpose