c/running · by okwithmydecay@leminal.space · 19dWhat I learnt about back of the pack runners from tail walking an ultra marathon https://runningmatters.substack.com/p/what-i-learnt-about-back-of-the-pack14 points · 6 comments · view on lemmy.world
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spacehulk@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 19d
Either this title is missing a lot of hyphens, has a bunch of typos, or I'm having a stroke.
Squirrelsdrivemenuts@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 19d
What i learned from back-of-the-pack runners from tail-walking an ultra marathon
Akip@piefed.world · 2 pts · 19d
learnt is the correct spelling in British English, the title seems fine?
maybe this will help you:
What I learnt about
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Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 7 pts · 19d
Those commas are incorrectly used. Commas are used to separate dependent clauses (if I remember my English classes correctly, it's been a long time).
"Back of the pack runners" is (I think) a noun phrase, so should be hyphenated to indicate this.
Same with "tail walking".
Akip@piefed.world · 2 pts · 19d
Sure. I was using them as a mind breather, similar to how speakers make a break, when emphasizing. Comma seemed less cluttery than adding hyphens or brackets.
clare_hooley@mastodon.me.uk · -1 pts · 19d
@spacehulk @okwithmydecay you could hyphenate it ‘back-of-the-pack runners’ but it would be considered very picky!