Should I edit "to-date" to read "to date", here? An English-speaking friend helped me translate this sentence, "We still don't know how to attain success to-date." But the dictionary only mentions "to date." So should I edit it?

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"to date" is the correct form and it means "till date".
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"to date" is not hyphenated. the correct form is "to date" meaning " till now"
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I am a tutor who gives the best knowledge in critical reasoning and time spacing.

to date (or till date) is right.
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Dear Pradeep, I am sorry to say that you can speak English fluently in 2 weeks. But definitely you can speak fluently in 2 months. Your mind needs sufficient practice. Fluency means you start speaking English without any direction to your mind, It starts to speak when the opportunity comes. like your...
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Dear Pradeep, I am sorry to say that you can speak English fluently in 2 weeks. But definitely you can speak fluently in 2 months. Your mind needs sufficient practice. Fluency means you start speaking English without any direction to your mind, It starts to speak when the opportunity comes. like your mind applies brakes to car or motorcycle when the situation demands. You don't worry about your age. Once you start don't count days just do with passion and victory is yours. read less
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Dear it is to date only as to-date is ethically and grammatically also wrong
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