The defendant was fined a nominal sum and sentenced to twenty-one days in jail.
In expression like up to date, the rule is to use hyphens if a noun follows, unless the first element of the modifier ends in -ly. If a noun does not follow, no hyphen is used. Examples:
The law library should be kept up to date.
An up-to-date law library is an important asset.
A carefully prepaid brief is essential.


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