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Which sentence needs a hyphen?

A. the television station was broadcasting live.
B. crickets are most active after dark.
C. She is a self proclaimed expert on insect behavior.
D. he wants to join the high school swim team.

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The sentence that needs a hyphen is C. She is a self proclaimed expert on insect behavior.
You absolutely have to have a hyphen between the words self and proclaimed (self-proclaimed) because it is a compound adjective (meaning that it consists of more than one word) which is why it has to be hyphenated. The remaining options are okay they way they are written.
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