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1) Do you hyphenate "pizza face" if it is used as a nickname?
...not necessarily, but you could, i suppose... look at the old army slang term, 'dog face'... it's not usually hyphenated...
2) Do you hyphenate "cliff diver" when used with an apostrophe to form a possessive noun? IE: the cliff-diver's sandwich.
...yes...
3) Is this grammatically correct?
The blanket lay on the ground, covering a hole and held in place by large stones on each corner; the braiding spelled out "Welcome".
...i wouldn't use the semicolon, would finish the sentence and start a new one... and in the us, the period and comma always go inside the " "...
4) How about this one?
In what can only be described as a surprise development, he ran into the door -- still holding the kettle -- and, with the grace of a of a dizzy penguin, he bounced back onto the floor.
...aside from the missing comma, it's ok... but i'd dump the last 'he'...
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