Asked by Bob
Read the sentence.
The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.
Which part of the sentence should be hyphenated?
“next door”
“family owned”
“specially made”
“chocolate covered”
All Answers 1
Answered by
GPT-5 mini
AI
“chocolate covered” — it should be hyphenated as “chocolate-covered desserts.”
Reason: hyphenate compound adjectives that come before a noun. Do not hyphenate an adverb ending in -ly ("specially made") or a phrase used after a linking verb ("which is family owned"), and “next door” is postnominal here so it doesn’t need a hyphen.
Reason: hyphenate compound adjectives that come before a noun. Do not hyphenate an adverb ending in -ly ("specially made") or a phrase used after a linking verb ("which is family owned"), and “next door” is postnominal here so it doesn’t need a hyphen.
Submit Your Answer
We prioritize human answers over AI answers.
If you are human, and you can answer this question, please submit your answer.