"There’s no crime in using “time” twice in one sentence."

[Odessa Dawn]

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"If you think your readers might find it odd or even confusing to see a hyphen hanging out at the end of a word, you could always write “full-time and part-time jobs.” There’s no crime in using “time” twice in one sentence."
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Does the word crime above mean "something to be regretted" or wrong?
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[emsr2d2]

It just means that there is nothing [grammatically] wrong with using "time" twice in one sentence.

 

[Barb_D]

And further, that there are no grammar police who will come arrest you even if you do make a grammatical or stylistic error.

 

[emsr2d2]

And further, that there are no grammar police who will come arrest you even if you do make a grammatical or stylistic error.

You haven't met my dad! ;-)

 

[Tdol]

And there's always netizen's arrest. ;-)

 

[BobK]

The writer is saying that it's better to write 'full-time and part-time jobs' than to write 'full- and part-time jobs' (which is ugly) or 'full and part-time jobs' (whch is lazy - there's a meaning there, but the writer is expecting the reader to work out what it is [which isn't too difficult in this case - not that the writer cares]). ;-)

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[Barb_D]

I'm a fan of the suspended hyphen, actually, and don't find it ugly, but it's purely a style choice.

 

[5jj]

I'm a fan of the suspended hyphen, actually, and don't find it ugly, but it's purely a style choice.

So am I, though I am aware that this is probably because of my knowledge of German, in which it's perfectly acceptable.