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I do not like the wall-to-wall carpet in my office vs I do not like the wall to wall carpet in my office.

Both phrases are correct, but they differ in punctuation. The first phrase uses hyphens to connect 'wall-to-wall' as a compound adjective modifying 'carpet,' while the second phrase separates 'wall to wall' with spaces. The choice between hyphens and spaces depends on the style guide being followed.

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I do not like the wall-to-wall carpet in my office

This phrase is correct as it uses hyphens to connect 'wall-to-wall' as a compound adjective modifying 'carpet.'

This phrase is used when describing a type of carpet that covers the entire floor without gaps or spaces.
  • I'm thinking an area rug left this nice impression on the wall-to-wall carpet.
  • I imagined my death many times but I never thought I'd meet the sun in someplace with wall-to-wall carpet.
  • Non-FR machine-made wall-to-wall pile carpets and pile carpet tiles [10]
  • The rebel with the wall-to-wall muscles.
  • You have the option of taking up the wall-to-wall and buying one of those Swedish accent rugs.
  • The muggers, the winos... the bag ladies, the wall-to-wall noise.
  • It's like tryin' to lay a carpet in a wardrobe.
  • We throw some carpet in the garage, everyone's welcome.
  • Jared, I'm on a carpet in a bathroom.
  • We're due on the red carpet in 20 minutes.
  • Get a bed and some carpet in here, Ray.
  • Well, there's carpet in the hall.
  • I want new carpet in that office.
  • We found blood... on the carpet in the bathroom.
  • Mr Hsin, you laid a carpet in an apartment occupied by a man named Johnny Lo.
  • [Byers] The carpet in the living room had been freshly shampooed.
  • We're talking Bulthaup kitchen units, peach melba Dolphin bathrooms and the finest bit of Axminster carpet in avocado you will ever find.
  • Last night, I saw Morton... and he was pulling up the carpet in his room.
  • Somebody vomited right in the middle of the carpet in my office.
  • Someone gave the carpets in the Bentley a good scrubbing, but we did find trace aspirated spatter under the front passenger seat.

I do not like the wall to wall carpet in my office.

This phrase is correct as it separates 'wall to wall' with spaces, treating each word as an individual element in the description.

This phrase is used when describing a type of carpet that covers the entire floor without gaps or spaces.
  • I'm thinking an area rug left this nice impression on the wall-to-wall carpet.
  • I imagined my death many times but I never thought I'd meet the sun in someplace with wall-to-wall carpet.
  • Non-FR machine-made wall-to-wall pile carpets and pile carpet tiles [10]
  • The rebel with the wall-to-wall muscles.
  • You have the option of taking up the wall-to-wall and buying one of those Swedish accent rugs.
  • Mrs. Katz, I'm coming to burn your wall carpet.
  • It looks like the wall's deteriorating.
  • He looked like the wall of a bar bathroom.
  • It looks like the walls are padded.
  • Looks like the walls are rotted.
  • I'd like the wall-size crossword puzzle.
  • I felt like the walls were closing in.
  • The muggers, the winos... the bag ladies, the wall-to-wall noise.
  • Yes, I'm aware that your mates can drink for England, but the other hand, I personally I do not want to wake up with wall-to-wall vomit tomorrow morning.
  • It's like the walls move or something.
  • It's like the walls are closing in on me.
  • It's like the Wall of Weird went global.
  • When they drive that truck in here, I want to come crashing down on them like the walls of Jericho.
  • Feel like the walls are closing in on me a little bit. I just...
  • It was like the walls were closing in on him.

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