you need the hyphen only if the two words are functioning together as an adjective before the the noun they're describing.
Answer:
The church on the corner is progressive
Explanation:
we use the because we are talking about particular church which is on the corner
Answer:
do not smile or make silly faces
Explanation:
The logical connection is absent. The answer lacks any explanation to the question being made. The main problem is that the interviewer is left with a very incomplete response, one that requires a lot of work from part of the interviewer. In this case in particular, even if there were a connection between reducing rates and unemployment, it seems that the candidate does not really have an answer to the question. That is why the fallacy is the lack of connection or relevance between the question and the answer
