BOE #77

those hyphens

I see two hyphen errors. Scroll down.

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1. The expression self control should be self-control. A lot of self- expressions, whether they be adjectives, nouns, or something else, are hyphenated.
   self-esteem
   self-driving
   self-made
   self-assured
   self-care
   self-aware
   self-employed
   etc.

2. The expression bubble wrap factory should be bubble-wrap factory. As my refrain goes: Hyphenate phrasal adjectives when they precede the nouns they modify. Bubble wrap is, in this case, a phrasal adjective modifying factory. Don’t hyphenate if the expression comes after the noun.
   a factory for bubble wrap (no hyphen)
   a bubble-wrap factory (hyphen)

And that’s it—the two hyphen-related errors I see. Do you see any other problems?