Asked by j

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" — as "chocolate-covered."

Reason: hyphenate compound adjectives that directly precede the noun they modify ("chocolate-covered desserts"). Do not hyphenate an adverb ending in -ly with the following adjective ("specially made" is fine). "Next door" is not hyphenated here (it would be in front of a noun: "next-door neighbor"). "Family-owned" is hyphenated when used before a noun ("a family-owned shop") but not necessary after a linking verb as in "which is family owned."