5 exercises — practise hyphenating "as-is" as a premodifier versus "as is" predicatively.
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Which sentence correctly hyphenates "as-is" when it directly modifies a following noun?
"We shipped an as-is copy of the legacy config to unblock the migration" is correct: as a compound adjective directly before the noun "copy", "as-is" is hyphenated. Option B omits the hyphen in the premodifying position, which is inconsistent with standard compound-adjective hyphenation. Option C incorrectly hyphenates the noun into the compound as well. Option D places "as-is" after the noun it's meant to modify, breaking the premodifier pattern.
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Choose the sentence that correctly uses the unhyphenated predicative phrase "as is" after a noun, meaning "in its current, unmodified state".
"The ticket says to ship the current build as is, without further cleanup" is correct: in the predicative (post-noun, non-modifying) position, "as is" is conventionally written without a hyphen. Option B applies the premodifier's hyphen here too, which most style guides reserve for the compound-adjective position instead. Option C redundantly appends "is" after an already complete idiom. Option D substitutes the ungrammatical "like is".
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Select the sentence that correctly uses "as-is" to describe accepting a system's current, unpatched state without changes.
"...an as-is acceptance of the current API version, with no further changes planned" is correct: "as-is" premodifies "acceptance" as a hyphenated compound adjective, and "an" is used because "as-is" starts with a vowel sound. Option B substitutes the full clause "as it is", which isn't the fixed idiom form. Option C incorrectly uses "a" instead of "an" before the vowel sound. Option D over-hyphenates by joining the noun into the compound.
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Which sentence correctly uses "as is" (predicative, no hyphen) at the end of a clause in a release note disclaimer?
"This beta feature is provided as is, with no guarantee of stability" is correct: in this common legal/disclaimer pattern, "as is" follows the verb without a hyphen, since it's not directly premodifying a noun. Option B applies the premodifier hyphenation in a predicative slot. Option C incorrectly reorders the phrase before "provided". Option D confuses the idiom with the unrelated hypothetical phrase "as it were".
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Choose the sentence that correctly contrasts hyphenated premodifying "as-is" and unhyphenated predicative "as is" within the same sentence.
"The as-is workaround stays in place until the real fix ships; until then, the service runs as is" is correct: the first instance premodifies "workaround" (hyphenated), and the second is predicative after "runs" (unhyphenated) — both following the conventional pattern. Option B reverses the hyphenation in both positions. Option C uses the hyphen in the predicative position too. Option D drops the hyphen from the premodifying position.