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navi tasan

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Are these sentences correct:

1-He is dealing with an easily fooled public.

2-I have the recipe for a rapidly made dish.
3-I have the recipe for a rapidly baked cake.

Doesn't one need a hyphen between the adverb and the past participle?

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I guess "the" should be used instead of "an" before "easily fooled public".
I usually do not add a hyphen.

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Are these sentences correct:

1-He is dealing with an easily fooled public.

2-I have the recipe for a rapidly made dish.
3-I have the recipe for a rapidly baked cake.

Doesn't one need a hyphen between the adverb and the past participle?

Gratefully,
Navi.

#1 is fine. I don't find 2 and 3 very natural, though.
 

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It refers to a section of the public which is easily fooled — not all the public.
 

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Then should "an" be used instead of "the" before "underprivileged public"?

Why do the moderators sometimes post two identical answers simultaneously?
 

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Then should "an" be used instead of "the" before "underprivileged public"?
Yes. The article comes before the vowel 'u'.
Why do the moderators sometimes post two identical answers simultaneously?
Occasionally the system produces duplicate posts. It's nothing to do with moderators deliberately doing it.
 
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Sorry. I misread your post. I have now corrected mine.
 

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Are these sentences correct:

1-He is dealing with an easily fooled public.

2-I have the recipe for a rapidly made dish.
3-I have the recipe for a rapidly baked cake.

Doesn't one need a hyphen between the adverb and the past participle?

Gratefully,
Navi.

As a rule, we do not hyphenate an adverb ending in -ly and an adjective before a noun.
 

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Matthew, please start a new thread with your questions about "the" and "a" for public.

This is completely unrelated to the initial question by the original poster and is called "hijacking" the thread.
 
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