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Can you hyphenate names of people, cities, roads etc?

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When writing a document can you hyphenate names of people, cities, roads etc or should they be carried over?


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It is usually best not to hyphenate proper names.

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With most word processors, hyphenation is either automatic or unnecessary. ;-)
 
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