Should it be
protein making
or
protein-making?
The complete sentence is:
Sloth the Ribosome procrastinated her protein making until she stopped waking.
2007-10-27 10:24:19 · 5 answers · asked by ☮ klaudia 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
No - "protein making" is the same as "making protein", as in in "...procrastinated making her protein until she stopped walking." - "protein-making" is an adjective, as in "...procrastinated making protein until she stopped walking, and turned on her protein-making machine."
2007-10-27 10:39:42 · answer #1 · answered by legendatz 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, not in that sentence. However if those two words were an adjective modifying a noun like activities ("protein-making activities") then they would need the hyphen.
2007-10-27 10:35:46 · answer #2 · answered by Rich Z 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No hyphen in this instance
2007-10-27 10:34:52 · answer #3 · answered by Experto Credo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2007-10-27 10:32:40 · answer #4 · answered by Caesar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-10-27 10:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by dias 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋