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Choose the sentence that uses hyphens correctly. For help with this topic, see Writing in Action, Chapter 44.

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Arlene Creek, whose interests range across the arts and business, has re-configured her career more often and has more ex-employers than anyone else I know.

Arlene Creek, whose interests range across the arts and business, has reconfigured her career more often and has more ex-employers than anyone else I know.

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Her first job was as a copywriter in an advertising agency; she is a sure handed graphics designer and a quick thinking sales-person.

Her first job was as a copywriter in an advertising agency; she is a sure-handed graphics designer and a quick-thinking salesperson.

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In her next job, as an associate set designer on a film project, she relied on the self-confidence she had gained in her previous job to carry out her new tasks.

In her next job, as a set designer on a film project, she relied on the self confidence she had gained in her previous job to carry out her new tasks.

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She worked with well-known people and was pleased that they recognized her work as well done.

She worked with well known people and was pleased that they recognized her work as well done.

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The filmmaking work was fast-paced, so Arlene and her slow but hard-working assistant often quarreled under the stressful conditions.

The filmmaking work was fast paced, so Arlene and her slow but hardworking assistant often quarreled under the stressful conditions.

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They put in plenty of overtime, and presented the newly designed set just before the deadline.

They put in plenty of over-time, and presented the newly-designed set just before the deadline.

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Arlene was then hired by a big film studio, this time to supervise a film's set design, so she reorganized her team of assistants.

Arlene was then hired by a big film studio, this time to super-vise a film's set design, so she re-organized her team of assistants.

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The studio's equipment was state of the art, so Arlene hired people with up to date skills.

The studio's equipment was state of the art, so Arlene hired people with up-to-date skills.

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The equipment allowed Arlene to reedit the scenes depicting the film's bulllike creatures into dream-like fantasy sequences.

The equipment allowed Arlene to re-edit the scenes depicting the film's bull-like creatures into dreamlike fantasy sequences.

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The film features twenty-two mythic bulls and thirty-three winged horses.

The film features twenty two mythic bulls and thirty three winged horses.

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