: Re: Hyphen for "multiple-response"? I'm writing a help document for a website that tests people. In much of the copy for the website, I've referred to "multiple-choice" questions with the hyphen.

Forgive the vulgarity, but perhaps the "blank-ass blank" test may be helpful:

If someone told you they bought a "big ass car" (intentionally unhyphenated), and you aren't sure what the person means, you have two choices:

Did they buy an "ass car" that's big?

Did they buy a "car" that's "big-ass"?

Obviously, the adjectival phrase in the second iteration would never be used on its own, and this is a silly example, but I think it helps illustrate where words should be hyphenated together.

In your instance, do you have several (multiple) "choice questions" (nonsensical), or do you have questions that are of the type "multiple-choice"? Similarly, do you have several (multiple) "response questions" (again, nonsensical), or do you have questions of the type "multiple-response"?

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