Which sentence is correctly hyphenated? The beauty of Mount Fuji's near perfect cone shape has enchanted people for centuries. T

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Which sentence is correctly hyphenated? The beauty of Mount Fuji's near perfect cone shape has enchanted people for centuries. T

he beauty of Mount Fuji's near-perfect cone shape has enchanted people for centuries. The beauty of Mount Fuji's near perfect cone-shape has enchanted people for centuries.

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nignag [31] · Answer 1 · 2022-02-22T19:43:46+03:00

nignag [31]3 years ago

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The sentence that is correctly hyphenated is "The beauty of Mount Fuji's near-perfect cone shape has enchanted people for centuries."

Near-perfect is correctly hyphenated because in this context it is a compound modifier, it modifies Mount Fuji's appearance.

BaLLatris [955] · Answer 2 · 2022-02-22T21:45:53+03:00

The beauty of Mount Fuji's near-perfect cone shape has enchanted people for centuries.

Can can hyphenate near-perfect because near modifies the adjective perfect. In other words, the cone shape is almost perfect. However, please note, that near should only be hyphenated before an adjective and not a noun (near miss, near halt, or near disaster).