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Originally posted by sunnybunny
someone just changed my highly publicized to highly-publicized. What's the rule on hyphenating again? I've forgotten it.
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The Supreme Court ruling was highly publicized. The highly-publicized Supreme Court ruling requires that suspects who are in custody receive information regarding their rights.
It depends on whether it is modifying a noun or not. I'm sure dtb will provide greater detail and clarity, but that is the short of it.
ETA: I have read the other advice on this subject, and I am standing by my statement. It is not clear to me whether sunny's usage of the phrase required hyphenation or not.
EFTA: I was not aware of the adverb usage exception. I'll take hte grammar nerds' word for it though. Luckily I write only in simple sentences, so the issue never arises.
