Question

Which trio correctly uses a hyphen?

Chocolate-covered peanuts

Extremely-overworked employee

Friendly-little puppy

Successful-popular author

Answer 1

A

Answer 2

compound adjectives usually take hyphens, except when they have an adverb ending in "ly." This is a generally accepted rule. {That's an example.] It is an often-overlooked one, too. A

Answer 3

Trio???? I only liked A!