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Hyphenation of first person

Posted: 19 Oct 2020, 15:18
by Judestor
Hi there, should you hyphenate ‘first person’ in the sentence “The book is written in the first person.” I thought you would only hyphenate if writing ‘This is a first-person narrative.’

Re: Hyphenation of first person

Posted: 29 Oct 2020, 02:23
by Mulebooks
If it's a compound adjectives, yes, you hyphenate.