Andrei  +  70880 Sat, 29 Jan 05 07:38 PM Talks between the Indonesian government and Aceh's separatist rebels will end a day early, international mediators say. It is unclear why the meeting in Finland is finishing on Saturday. A top-level delegation from Jakarta met leaders from the Free Aceh Movement (Gam) outside the Finnish capital Helsinki on Friday. The discussions, which mark the first contact between the sides for nearly two years, were reported to have got off to a good start I would write 'a top level delegation'. Here it is 'a top-level delegation'. Why is it necessary to hyphen? Andrei Joined on Sat, May 29 2004 Full Member 387 Hyphens

	Mister Micawber  +  70925 Sun, 30 Jan 05 02:03 AM It is hyphenated because it is an adjective. (See my response to your other post-- it would be better to collect your thoughts, Andrei, and put similar examples into the same post.) Mister Micawber Joined on Wed, Aug 4 2004 Yokohama Veteran Member 30,760 'The question is,' said Humpty Dumpty, 'which is to be master-- that's all.'

	Andrei  +  71030 Sun, 30 Jan 05 05:15 PM I would agree with you that it is the best if I could post similar posts together. I will try my best to heed your suggestion. Andrei