Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen in a compound modifier?

In “a full-time singer,” “full-time” is a compound modifier placed before the noun “singer,” so the hyphen is correct. In B and C, the modifiers come after linking verbs (“was” and “were”), so they are not normally hyphenated there. In D, “newly” ends in -ly, so it is not hyphenated with “married.”

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