Re: Usage of broad-gauged

jessicabarnbaryMember

I'm in a back-and-forth discussion on how to correctly use "broadly-gauged."

Current example: John Crackow is a broadly-gauged business strategist.

My take on this: Broadly-gauged is incorrect and the correct usage it should be:

John Crackow is a broad-gauged business strategist.

Can someone back me up on this?

5/23/228:14 AM

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David, ModeratorModerator

Hello, jessicabarnbary, and welcome to the Grammar Exchange.

According to Merriam-Webster (click here), the adjective form is broad-gauge, of which broad-gauged is a variant:

John Crackow is a broad-gauge business strategist.

5/23/2210:33 PM

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