Should "request-after-request" be hyphenated?

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"All day I get request-after-request for help on passing the Quality Assessment."

The sentence above was originally written as, "All day I get request after request for help on passing the Quality Assessment."

I changed "request after request" to "request-after-request," but was told that I was wrong.

Is request-after-request correct?

Myungjin Hyun · Answer

No, hyphenation is definitely wrong in that context. Hyphenation is used only when the word becomes attributive.

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