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Does Green Tea Hand Cream have to be corrected to "Green-Tea Hand-Cream" or is this okay as it is?
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Green Tea Hand Cream with propolis is excellent for moisturizing and takes care of dry skin moist [/FONT]
 

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I would not use a hyphen there.
 

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The hyphens are incorrect there, and your second sentence is unfinished.
 

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Why is it unfinished? Due to lack of "period" or is "takes care of dry skin most" incomplete?

Green Tea Hand Cream with propolis is excellent for moisturizing and takes care of dry skin moist.
 

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Please decide whether you mean 'most' or 'moist'.

In either case it doesn't make sense.
 

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Moisturising the skin and keeping( not take care of) the skin moist are the same thing.

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I meant "moist", then how do I have to correct it? Doesn't "takes care of dry skin moist" make sense?
 

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I meant "moist", then how do I have to correct it? Doesn't "takes care of dry skin moist" make sense?

No, it doesn't make sense.
 

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I think this correction makes sense, if not, let me know.

Green Tea Hand Cream
with propolis is excellent for moisturizing and keeps dry skin moist.
 
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If it's kept moist, it isn't dry.
 

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'Green Tea Hand Cream with propolis is excellent for moisturizing dry skin.'
 

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The advertiser wants to have "moisturizing" as the basic concept for each sentence as in other threads, and needs to emphasize "dry skin" part here. So yours is perfect, but to follow their format, maybe this could be proper, but I'm not sure.

'Green Tea Hand Cream
with propolis is excellent for moisturizing and treats dry skin moisturized.'
 

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That doesn't work. I would stick with Rover's sentence.
 
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