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No hyphen needed in ��goer�� words

An often confused hyphen rule is whether or not one should be placed before goer, as in concert-goer.

While various house publishing rules differ, I��m of the belief that punctuation marks ought to be eliminated whenever they can. Too many such marks tends to slow readers�� ability to work their way through a sentence, like speed bumps in a parking lot.

Given this, I always advise following The Associated Press Stylebook��s rule, which says no hyphen.
CORRECT: concertgoer, moviegoer, partygoer, theatergoer
INCORRECT: concert-goer, movie-goer, party-goer, theater-goer

There is another issue at hand here �� words with goer at the end often read strangely, whether in print or said aloud. But that��s just a matter of personal taste, and goer words appear to be here to stay, as they��re less clunky than saying those who attended the concert.

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