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1 Officer Boomer was knocked to the ground by the recoil. His still-smoking gun went spinning down the alley.
A hyphen should be used to connect two words functioning together as an adjective before a noun: still-smoking
2 We were embarrassed when our uncle bragged about being a self-made millionaire.
hyphen should be used with the prefix self-
3 several well-known politicians
. A hyphen should be used to connect two words functioning together as an adjective before a noun.
4 The quietly-purring cat cleaned first one paw and then the other before curling up under the stove.
-->Hyphens should not be used to connect -ly adverbs to the words they modify
5 Two-thirds of the House voted for the amendment
Written forms of fractions are hyphenated.
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