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Hi Graceusa, welcome on Board.
Here is a hyphenating rule I don't quite understand. In French Québec, if a street is named after a person the name will take a hyphen if the person is dead and none if he/she is alive. Eg. René-Levesque street in Montréal is named after a former prime minister who passed away.
It is such an odd rule that most people don't even bother with the hyphens when writing out addresses.
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