Hyphenation

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I am guilty as charged: I'm an over-hyphenator! For marketing purposes, I am writing a very simple, single-word-as-a-sentence (see what I mean?!) headline bit (for a politician) and I'm not sure that each of these hyphens are correct. Here goes:

Independent. Ethical. Community-motivated. Solution-driven.

"Community-motivated."???

I appreciate your input, in advance.

GPY · Accepted Answer

Both "Community-motivated" and "Solution-driven" need a hyphen. Both sound jargony.

Clive · Answer

In practical terms, when it comes to headline bits, I don't think people much care whether you use hyphens or not

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I'd focus more on perceived meaning
eg What does community-motivated mean?
Motivated to help your community in the way you think it should be helped?
Motivated by what the community tells you it wants?

eg Solution-driven can, I think, also be interpreted in different ways.

Of course, maybe you actually want a certain degree of vagueness?

Clive

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