http://www.daccreative.co.uk/goodcopybadcopy/2009/06/02/job-titles-hyphens-and-inflationary-language/ A blog about good business writing and bad. Especially the bad. Because there's so much more of the bad. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.daccreative.co.uk/goodcopybadcopy/2009/06/02/job-titles-hyphens-and-inflationary-language/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Brad Shorr Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:46:08 +0000 http://www.daccreative.co.uk/goodcopybadcopy/?p=214#comment-1080 Hi Clare, So, so true. Title inflation is running rampant, and causes nothing but confusion. Do you notice the clarifying power of a hyphen? I mean, there is a big difference between extra marital-sex and extra-marital sex. In the same way, I'd much prefer an encounter with a civil enforcement-officer to a tussle with a civil-enforcement officer. Hi Clare, So, so true. Title inflation is running rampant, and causes nothing but confusion. Do you notice the clarifying power of a hyphen? I mean, there is a big difference between extra marital-sex and extra-marital sex. In the same way, I’d much prefer an encounter with a civil enforcement-officer to a tussle with a civil-enforcement officer.

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