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Is it also correct to write “bike related” without “-“ instead of “bike-related”? Do all phrases "noun + related" are to be written with “-“ in between?

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Rebecca

In this sentence, you have to keep the hyphen (-) between the words bike and related. In this sentence, injuries is the noun and bike-related is the compound adjective describing this noun. It is acting as a single idea. Whenever there are two or more words that come before the noun and are describing that noun, you need to have a hyphen between those words. Here is another example: They live in an off-campus apartment. *You do not need to have a hyphen to join the word "very" or an adverb ending in -ly: The very smelly dog.

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