Ilm-fan taraqqiyotida zamonaviy metodlarning qo‘llanilishi

ILM-FAN TARAQQIYOTIDA ZAMONAVIY METODLARNING QO‘LLANILISHI 
27.9.2021 
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second case, you're not saying that the "glass" is both "half" and "full". "Half" is 
actually describing full. 
The hyphen there is used to indicate to the reader, "Hey, I'm not using these 
two words to separately describe the noun (glass). They are a unit (half-full) and I'm 
going to join them together to show that they as a compound word describe the noun. 
Consider this:
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She left a glass that was half full on the table. 
No hyphen. Why? Because there's no confusion. "Half full" is standing by itself, 
not immediately describing a noun. You don't have to worry about someone thinking 
that "half" is describing something on its own. How could this confusion play out? 
Consider the difference between these sentences: 
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"Please order me a slice of sour-apple pie."
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"Please order me a slice of sour apple pie."
In the first one, you're asking of a slice of pie made from sour apples. Yum! In the 
second case, you're asking for slice of apple pie that is sour. Ick! 
The hyphen tells the reader that these two words should be treated as hyphenation 
unit, to avoid them from treating them as two separate concepts describing the 
following noun.
Now, let's look at a longer example. 
1. Mary's parents were very upset about Mary's poor grades. >> No reason to 
hyphenate here. 
2. Even though Mary had been up late studying, she had continued to fail her most 
difficult exams. >> Although "most" does describe "difficult", it's a superlative / 
comparative. This is an exception. No hyphen.
3. Her parents even hired a low-budget tutor, but to no avail. >> "Lowbudget" is a 
compound word, because low is describing budget, not tutor. It needs a hyphen.
4. Finally, they had some meager success with bribery! >> Again, "some" describes 
"meager" but it's a superlative / comparative. 

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