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I wrote the following sentence in Microsoft Word:

I was destined to one day live in the corridors of the Great Library and digest the world.

And Word wanted me to change "one day" to "one-day".

Any thoughts on this? I couldn't find this precise question on here, appreciate any help.

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    As a piece of general advice, Word— like any other machine spellchecker or grammar-checker— doesn't understand what you intend to communicate, it only detects certain patterns, or deviations therefrom. Take its spelling and punctuation advice with a pinch of salt, and its grammar advice with a heaping tablespoon.
    – choster
    Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 20:06
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    If "one day" is to be used as an adjective, as in "one-day sale", then the hyphen should be used. But that's not the way you're using it.
    – Hot Licks
    Commented Dec 16, 2015 at 20:23

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An event that occurs for only a day is hyphenated: We're having a one-day sale on televisions.

An event that (one desires) occurs in the future is not: He will one day be King.

Therefore, your example should not be hyphenated. I guess Word was just trying to draw your attention to the possible alternative. Word isn't good at detecting context.

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The hyphenated form of the phrase is used whenever an adjective is required. "The band played a one-day gig in Miami Beach."

Otherwise, the unhyphenated phrase can be used howsoever one would use an adjective-and-noun combination. As a phrase used as an adverb: "The band played in Miami Beach one day." As an adjective-and-noun: "The length of the band's gig in Miami Beach was one day."

Also, since you are the author of the sentence, I would not put the phrase in the middle of an infinitive.

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