Hyphen question
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Hyphen question
He was a good natured guy.
He was a larger than life character.
She was a light skinned woman.
She lives in a world famous building.
Her sweat soaked shirt confirmed she was hot.
And on and on. There are at least a hundred of these types of (possible?) errors in the book because the author is a very descriptive writer. So, before I get dinged by an editor for counting these as objective errors when the editor thinks they should be subjective or uncounted, should I list these as errors and reduce my rating? Or do I list them as uncounted errors and give the book a 5 out of 5? What do editors think about hyphens?
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