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Which is the best sentence?
The Zookeepers must count every cold-blooded North-American animal in the zoo.
The zookeepers must count every cold blooded North-American animal in the zoo.
The Zookeepers must count every cold-blooded North American animal in the zoo.
The zookeepers must count every cold blooded North American animal in the zoo.
The zoo-keepers must count every cold blooded North American animal in the zoo.​

Answer 1

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The zookeepers must count every cold-blooded North American animal in the zoo.

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Answer 2

The correct answer is: The Zookeepers must count every cold-blooded North American animal in the zoo.

Finding out the correct option:

• There are a set of options given, out of which we should choose the right one.
• The confusion/ problem lies in the hyphenated words and those who are not.
• There are a few set of rules that could be used to find out the difference.
• We use hyphen for words that are two separated words and when the first word could be substituted by other words. (Eg): 'in-law', 'long-term', 'warm-blooded' etc.,
• Similarly, the word 'cold-blooded' is a hyphenated word. It is because they are two individual words that are joined to produce a new meaning.
• But, 'zookeepers' is a compound word. It is a complete word. So it does not require hyphen.
• 'North America' are separate words. The first word indicates a direction. The second word indicated the nativity. Hence it is 'North American'.
• Therefore the option The Zookeepers must count every cold-blooded North American animal in the zoo. - follows the rules and so it is the correct answer.