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Hyphens can avoid ambiguity
A hyphen can help to disambiguate ({{xt|little-celebrated paintings}} is not a reference to little paintings, in which case avoid {{!xt|little celebrated paintings}}).
A hyphen can help to disambiguate ({{xt|little-celebrated paintings}} is not a reference to little paintings, in which case avoid {{!xt|little celebrated paintings}}).