Does one use a hyphen in between 'other' and 'hand' when saying "on the other hand"?

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When I was typing this sentence "And on the other hand, some user actions don't trigger the same response." my spell checker mentioned that I might put a hyphen between 'other' and 'hand' and use 'other-hand'.

So in this sentence is a hyphen placed between 'other' and 'hand'?

One minor point in addition to psmears' answer: a dash is not the same as a hyphen. — RegDwigнt, Jan 10 '11 at 19:48
See http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/2116/when-should-i-use-an-em-dash-an-en-dash-and-a-hyphen — ghoppe, Jan 10 '11 at 20:19

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 10 '11 at 19:22

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No, no hyphen is needed (and indeed it would be wrong to put one in this case). You are right to doubt your spell-checker :-)

answered Jan 10 '11 at 19:22

psmears

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Agreed. I imagine that the spell-checker's programmer was thinking of something like "off-hand", which would be hyphenated. – Wayne May 16 '11 at 13:01

Does one use a hyphen in between 'other' and 'hand' when saying "on the other hand"?

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