What's the correct punctuation for this sentence?

Question

"Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a long predicted but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation."

I'd ilke to know where the commas would come and which words would be hyphenated.

Answer 1

Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a long-predicted, but seldom advertised, consequence of globalisation.

Answer 2

Goodness ! 9 answers and still not right. Try this one for size-

"Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a
long-predicted, but seldom advertised, consequence of globalisation."

You could argue that seldom advertised should also be hyphenated, but I prefer not to. The commas bracket a part of the sentence which is an aside- if you take out the part inside the commas the sentence still makes perfect sense. Colloquially (did I spell that right?) I would replace the commas with dashes.

Answer 3

Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a long predicted but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation.

Growing inequality in the 'advanced' countries was a long predicted but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation.

Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a long predicted - but seldom advertised - consequence of globalisation.

Answer 4

It doesn't really need punctuation, it is OK as a complete sentence as it is. But for emphasis you could punctuate as follows:

Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a long predicted, but seldom advertised, consequence of globalisation.

Answer 5

I don't think the sentence, as it stands, can be criticised. If I were proof-reading this in isolation I wouldn't make any changes. Commas could be added before and after "but seldom advertised": two commas would be necessary here: one is incorrect. "long predicted" and "seldom advertised" could be hyphenated, although the trend nowadays is not to do so.

Addition of commas and hyphens would depend on the style of the rest of the document.

I do proof-read and I'd strongly go for no change here. The meaning is absolutely clear if the sentence is read from left to right: additional punctuation is unnecessary.

Answer 6

Growing in equality in the advanced countries was a long, predicted, but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation."


2 commers and a space between the 2nd word

Answer 7

"Growing inequality in the advanced countries was a long predicted, but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation."

I insert the comma after the word predicted.

Answer 8

Maybe like this

Growing inequality in advanced countries has been a long predicted but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation."

Answer 9

Growing - inequelity in the advanced countries, was long predicted, but seldom advertised - consequence of globalisation.

Answer 10

Growing inequality, in the advanced countries, was a long-predicted but seldom advertised consequence of globalisation.

Explanation:

"in the advanced countries" : between commas because it is EXTRA information, possibly not vital to the message of the sentence. The sentence would still make sense even if omitted.

"long-predicted" : hyphenated because of a punctuation rule of compound words. Examples would be "rose-colored" and "well-being".

No comma before "but" or after "advertised" because I think that "but seldom advertised" is vital to the message of the sentence.

I personally found no need to change your wording at all. Adding proper punctuation was all it needed.

Note to Non-British people:
"s" is commonly used in spelling in lieu of "z".

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