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(I haven't done this work in 12 years, but to this day my eyes proofread nearly everything that comes before them. I can be at a simple restaurant, and the menu will list "pan fried chicken." I instinctively note the missing hyphen.)

...lowest-common denominator mentality...

After reading your initial comment, I couldn't help noticing that you might have meant "lowest-common-denominator mentality." Consider this pedantism a subtle way of saying, "I read your comment completely; thanks for posting it."



NaOH is applying one of the standard forms of hyphenation: many styles dislike joining phrases used as attributives with many hyphens.


If we are being pedantic: it should be "greatest common denominator".




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