Capitalization, punctuation marks, and italics in the following text
I've edited the following text in terms of capitalization, punctuation marks, and italics:
"In My Family and Other Animals*, Gerald Durrell, a world-renowned zoologist, gives a laugh-packed account of two years he and his family spent on the Greek island of Corfu. In a series of vividly-written sketches, he brings each family member to life so that the reader comes to know Larry, Margo, Leslie, Mother, and young Gerry as individuals with lifelike traits and interests. Throughout the three hundred pages, the reader meets a number of the Greek islanders, including Spiro, a pro-British taxi driver who befriends the family in never-to-be-forgotten ways, and the Rose-beetle Man, who sells a number of hard-to-resist items such as small tortoises and rose beetles."
Is there anything I didn't notice?
*"My Family and Other Animals" is written in italics.
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@Sarah: What a nice point! Thank you very much! :-)
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I think vividly-written does not require a hyphen. According to the Merriam-Webster style guide, adverbs ending in -ly don't need to have a hyphen before the word they modify. Hyphens are normally used to clarify what is being modified, by the -ly ending before a verb is clear enough without a hyphen.
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