I have a really good friend who helps me edit my stories. He is always right, so I overcome any immediate resistance to his suggestions. I make the change: kill the hyphen, add a semicolon, so that he will keep reading my stuff. Occasionally, he asks for a change I cannot make, without explaining that I already used that device twelve stories down, which is why I want it this way. Maybe on the second rewrite, I promise, but eternal gratitude for caring enough to read with such care.