Nickbbu From Romania, joined Jan 2007, 185 posts, RR: 4 Posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 2493 times:
This might seem a bit weird, but I can assure you that this as serious as it can get. I am writing a study on LCC and I need to know exactly how should I write the title: low cost or low–cost ?
What is the right way of writing and why?
Thank you in advance! It's really important for me.
Nick
Swissy From Switzerland, joined Jan 2005, 1734 posts, RR: 5 Reply 1, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 23 hours ago) and read 2473 times:
I never used the term "low cost" as everyone has a different opinion about what is low cost, however "lower cost" is exactly what it means lower cost ..... just my "swiss cheese" opinion
Viscount724 From Switzerland, joined Oct 2006, 21448 posts, RR: 24 Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 4 days 22 hours ago) and read 2466 times:
Quoting Nickbbu (Thread starter): This might seem a bit weird, but I can assure you that this as serious as it can get. I am writing a study on LCC and I need to know exactly how should I write the title: low cost or low–cost ?
What is the right way of writing and why?
Most English style manuals would show "low-cost" (with a hyphen) as the preferred format. That is what is known as a compound adjective when used in the context of "low-cost carrier" or "low-cost manufacturer" etc, and it is usual to link the words in compound adjectives with a hyphen.
If "low" was an adjective modifying the noun "cost" or "costs" as in, "Ryanair operates with low costs", then a hyphen would be incorrect, but if you said, "Ryanair is a low-cost carrier" you would need the hyphen.
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