Monday, October 31, 2016

adjectives - Do we need hyphen in this: graded-reading books?



Is it necessary to have a hyphen in the following phrase?



graded-reading books




Please my friends you are only hope for me at a last chance salon because my teacher he is not knowing answer.


Answer



You should add a hyphen whenever you're using a compound adjective for a noun that is being used as a single descriptor for the noun.



For example in the phrase you provided, graded-reading is a single descriptor all together for the noun books, and saying graded books, or reading books separately, won't make sense to imply what you mean. So, yes, you must use a hyphen there.



Read this article here.


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