Read the sentence.

The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.

Which part of the sentence should be hyphenated?

“next door”
“family owned”
“specially made”
“chocolate covered”

Question

Read the sentence.

The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.

Which part of the sentence should be hyphenated?

“next door”
“family owned”
“specially made”
“chocolate covered”

otherworldly · Answer

imagine yourself saying that sentence, advertising what the shop is selling. say it out loud and tell me what you think the answer is

samirahdanyel · Answer

i think family owned

kaithang · Answer

Family - owned sounds correct, due to the act of possession placed after the noun.

otherworldly · Answer

family owned would not be the answer

samirahdanyel · Answer

i was also thinking chocolate covered

otherworldly · Answer

correct

otherworldly · Answer

if u have more trouble with hyphens, http://www.grammarbook.com/punctuation/hyphens.asp