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Does AP Style recommend a hyphen between the words philosophically-inclined? I have searched several editing and grammar sites and still do not know the correct answer.

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Don't hyphenate.

"Philosophically" is an adverb, and we don't normally hyphenate "adverb+adjective". At any rate, the hyphen doesn't remove ambiguity, so "if in doubt, leave it out".

I don't think AP has a specific rule on this.

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  • What is the full form of AP in this context? I googled it and got several full forms for the same. Confused! Oct 27, 2020 at 11:54
  • Associated Press. They publish a respected stylebook apstylebook.com
    – James K
    Oct 27, 2020 at 12:07
  • Thank you so much for the clarification! Oct 27, 2020 at 13:42

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