this post was submitted on 06 Oct 2023
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A Boring Dystopia

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

You hyphenate the words acting as an adjective, I e. Two-gun kid, not two gun-kid

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One might also hyphenate compound nouns. Depending on context, "two gun-kids" could be correct--though it seems unlikely.

Also, in this case you should use e.g. (not i.e.). No big deal though, I knew what you meant.