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Would you hyphenate? - cccc


Posted: Dec 08, 2010

before and after photo? tia

no. - NM

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no. - nm squared

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Yes, I would. - LK

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Because "before and after" is a compound modifier acting as an adjective to modify "photo," it should be hyphenated.

yes and no - anonMT

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before and after photos
before-and-after photo

I think "before and after photos" would be best.


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