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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Adjective hyphenation

Do I need to hyphenate "sex offense" in the following sentence?

The legislation allowed for stricter sentencing in youth sex offense cases.



sex offense or sex-offense?



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Anonymous Do I need to hyphenate "*** offense" in the following sentence? The legislation allowed for stricter sentencing in youth *** offense cases. *** offense or ***-offense?

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AnonymousDo I need to hyphenate "*** offense" in the following sentence? The legislation allowed for stricter sentencing in youth *** offense cases. *** offense or ***-offense?

Thanks!

You should hyphenate '***-offense', as the two words work together as a compound adjective.

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