1. Hyphens are often used within compound modifiers, groups of two or more words that, together, are being used to modify the meaning of another word.

2. Compound modifiers are not hyphenated in the case of an adverb-adjective combination (you can spot the adverb because it will usually end in “ly”).

3. Also, compound modifiers are not hyphenated when they follow the word they’re modifying.

4. And if you can remember all that, congratulations, you don’t need to watch the video.

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