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Anonymous  +  962592 Thu, 05 Nov 09 05:09 PM
For our Christmas card, I would like to say:


"Hope your holidays are picture perfect"


But, does it have to be:


"We hope your holidays are picture-perfect."?


Thanks!!!
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Anonymous, 18 days ago
Not sure about the hypen, but I think you have to add We to make it a complete sentence.
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Anonymous, 17 days ago
The general rule is to use a hyphen before a noun ( a picture-perfect afternoon) but not to use the hyphen after the noun, especially after the verb "to be." Probably (I repeat, probably) most native speakers would prefer: The afternoon was picture perfect.  Only use a hyphen if there could be a misunderstanding.  I think that "The afternoon was picture-perfect" would seem strange or ugly.  The hyphen would draw too much attention to the noun + adjective combination.

 

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