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Ride Along or Ride-Along or Ride-A-Long?

Which is the correct hyphenation of words when used together, and why?
"Ride-Along" seems to be used when acting as a noun or adjective, as in "the department authorizes a ride-along program" and "ride along" seems to be used when acting as a compound verb, as in "I am going with the police on a ride along."
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[nq:1]Which is the correct hyphenation of words when used together, and why? "Ride-Along" seems to be used when acting as ... [/nq] Generally correct.

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  • [nq:1]Which is the correct hyphenation of words when used together, and why?
  • "Ride-Along" seems to be used when acting as ...
  • [/nq] Generally correct.
  • However: 1.
  • It's just a verb ("ride") followed by an adverb or (in some cases) a preposition.
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[nq:1]Which is the correct hyphenation of words when used together, and why? "Ride-Along" seems to be used when acting as ... used when acting as a compound verb, as in "I am going with the police on a ride along." Comments?[/nq]
Generally correct. However:
1. "Ride along" isn't a compound verb or even, IMO, a phrasal verb.It's just a verb ("ride") followed by an adverb or (in some cases)
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[nq:2]Which is the correct hyphenation of words when used together, ... am going with the police on a ride along." Comments?[/nq]
[nq:1]Generally correct. However: 1. "Ride along" isn't a compound verb or even, IMO, a phrasal verb. It's just a verb ... as a noun: "I am going on a ride-along." Also, watch out for a trademark infringement suit from Bun Mui.[/nq]
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