Compound Adjective

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Tukanja
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Compound Adjective

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Hi, would someone shed light on the matter given below

1) Can "Cargo Ground Handling Service Charges" be the heading column of a table or a name of a site's page?

2) Is it better to say "Cargo Ground Handling Charges" instead of the longer version?

3) Should the heading be written as

Cargo Ground-Handling-Service Charges or
Cargo Ground-Handling Service Charges.

4) Is the word order correct and do I need to use hyphens if it is about the headings and the compound adjectives which comprise some proper nouns?

I prefer no hyphens if it's all about titles or table headings.

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1. I don't see why not.
2. Either one is fine to me.
3. What's up with the hyphen? Is it necessary to have it there?
4. It's ok and lose the hyphen, I think. I don't see why you need to hyphenate those words.
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