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Hyphens

Please read the articles you are editing! A single malt whisky is a whisky from one distillery. A single-malt whisky would be a whisky made from one type of malt. -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 01:53, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

Ian, I'd recommend that you do likewise. The article says that a single-malt whisky "is whisky from a single distillery made from a mash that uses only one particular malted grain." So it comes from one distillery and uses one grain. In this context, "single malt" describes the type of whisky. When two words combine to describe another, they are a phrasal adjective. And phrasal adjectives get hyphenated: single-malt whisky. Really, it's simple grammar. Cheers.

Nope. Single distillery, as you say. The adjectives are separate. The phrase could be expanded as "single-distillery pure-malt whisky". "Single-cask" is a phrasal adjective, "single malt" is a pair of discrete adjectives both applied to "whisky". Really, it's simple grammar. Cheers. -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 02:41, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

I don't say: the article you accused me of not reading says. But the "single" in "single malt" only refers incidentally to the fact that it comes from a single distiller. The primary reference is to the fact that it only derives from a single malted grain. Two adjectives working together to describe one word: single-malt Scotch. But don't take my word for it. The best-edited periodical on the planet also refers to it as "single-malt" Scotch: http://www.economist.com/node/16381365. Now go have one on me. The cheque, as they might say in Bingley, is in the mail. Cheers.Rule 56 (talk) 03:26, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

That is precisely the point - that is NOT the primary reference. "Malt" means that it comes only from malted barley (but does not restrict the type of malted barley - it could even contain pale malt and crystal malt and still be pue malt). It may be more clear if you look at grain whisky. That can contain a mixture of grains and usually does. Cameron Brig is a single grain whisky, but emphatically not a single-grain whisky. I'm not sure what your source is for saying that the Economist is the best-edited periodical on the planet, but if it uses "single-malt" it is just plain wrong. -- Ian Dalziel (talk) 10:12, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

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Random acts of baking

A cupcake for you! That was a great copy edit you did on Reinhard Heydrich. Cheers, Dianna (talk) 00:23, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Very kind. Thank you.Rule 56 (talk) 00:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

I agree with Diannaa, good job on the ce. If you enjoy doing it and have the time there are others that need copy edit and cite clean up work, such as, the articles: Joachim von Ribbentrop, Nazi Party and Nazism. Cheers, Kierzek (talk) 15:09, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

And thank you. That's very kind of you to say. Rule 56 (talk) 15:55, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

• Very nice job at Joachim von Ribbentrop. File:Thumbsup emote.gif -- œ^™ 00:50, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Many thanks. Rule 56 (talk) 02:06, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

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