Hyphenation
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Hyphenating for Clarity
Note the difference between the following:
Infectious disease expert: A disease expert who is infectious
Infectious-disease expert: An expert on infectious diseases
Adult film star: an adult who is a film star
Adult-film star: a person who stars in adult films
Homeless outreach worker: an outreach worker who is homeless
Homeless-outreach worker: an outreach worker whose target population is the homeless
Suspicious activity report: An activity report that is suspicious
Suspicious-activity report: a report of suspicious activity
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