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Naphelge Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

compound adj. or noun?

I am unsure whether the the word "male" in the phrase, "dominating male influence," should be hyphenated with the adj. to read as: "dominating-male influence," or the noun to read as: "dominating male-influence."

I am inclined to think the adj., but "dominating-male" just sounds odd, whereas "male-influence," not so much.

Can someone please clarify?
  

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No hyphens should be used here.

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No hyphens should be used here.
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So, should a comma then be employed to separate the two words, "dominating" and "male," which I assume are both adjectivally describing (modifying), but separately, the noun "influence"?
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naphelgeSo, should a comma then be employed to separate the two words,
Probably not. What is the full sentence?
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