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Mid-century, mid century or midcentury?

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JemIsMyNameNooneElseIsTheSame · 06/06/2017 18:58

Preceding 'furniture'. I don't think there's a definitive answer for this, but which do you favour and why? Need to make a swift decision for branding for my new business. TIA!

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Addley · 06/06/2017 19:01

Mid-century for me.

David Crystal is interesting on this, in Making A Point.

JemIsMyNameNooneElseIsTheSame · 06/06/2017 19:09

I'm thinking the same Addley, but visually 'midcentury' would work much better for my logo. Not sure if I can let the aesthetics win!

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finnthepink · 06/06/2017 19:12

First or last.

Last option tends to be more US English but you could use it if you really wanted to.

Golondrina · 06/06/2017 19:15

I would say that if it precedes a noun then it would be hypenated: mid-century furniture. Because it's a compound adjective.

finnthepink · 06/06/2017 20:55

Yes, but there's an ongoing trend in the US towards no hyphen so it's not incorrect as such (not that I like it). Well, this is pedants' corner Grin

VintagePerfumista · 07/06/2017 17:51

It looks wrong in any case because hypens aside, surely you need to specify which century?

VintagePerfumista · 07/06/2017 17:51

hyphens even. Grin

finnthepink · 07/06/2017 20:08

It's the name of a specific style though, mid-century modern.

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