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The hyphen makes it unambiguous that "plastic-eating" modifies "mushrooms". Without the hyphen it could refer to some hypothetical type of plastic that eats mus
by mrob 4y ago
The hyphen makes it unambiguous that "plastic-eating" modifies "mushrooms". Without the hyphen it could refer to some hypothetical type of plastic that eats mushrooms. See:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_modifier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compound_modifier
- bawolff 4y agoI think it was pretty clear from context which was meant.