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Many interesting proposals here. While agree among is the grammatically correct choice, I also think rewording is better.
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<div>Spaces can shift on demand from city street to park to energy source alternately configured with asphalt, grass or photovoltaic cells.<br>
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<div>On Mar 4, 2014, at 3:53 PM, William T. G. Litant <<a href="mailto:wlitant@MIT.EDU">wlitant@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:</div>
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<blockquote type="cite">And I haven’t used a double-hyphen since the ribbon on my Underwood No. 5 wore out. ;)<br>
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On Mar 4, 2014, at 3:49 PM, David L Chandler <<a href="mailto:dlc1@MIT.EDU">dlc1@MIT.EDU</a>> wrote:<br>
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I like Ezra's rewriting of the sentence better than mine. But I vigorously dispute that use of a hyphen, which seems just wrong. (I think compound-noun is wrong too).<br>
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On Mar 4, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Ezra Haber Glenn wrote:<br>
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As usual when encountering a tricky usage question, I would try to<br>
avoid the issue by rewriting as:<br>
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Shifting from asphalt to grass to photovoltaic cells, spaces can be<br>
dynamically reconfigured -- from city-street to park to energy<br>
source -- on demand.<br>
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(Also, note the introduction of the hyphen in "city-street" --<br>
although not everyone agrees on this point, I think it is important,<br>
since the noun city is being used as an adjective as part of a<br>
compound-noun.)<br>
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