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> 雪が降り出した。  
>  It started to snow (unexpectedly).

In Maggie's article on this pattern "How to use V + 始める ( = hajimeru) / だす ( =
dasu) / かける ( = kakeru)" she uses hiragana for this verb.

In jisho.org there is no mark "Usually written kana alone" for the verb 出す.

Question:  
do I have a right to write this sentence like this?

> 雪が降りだした。

Is it slang to use hiragana for this pattern?
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kanji verbs kana
Kanjied 出した vs kananed だした in -dasu/dashta pattern
The canonical rule is as follows:

  * Use **hiragana** for a [**subsidiary** verb](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/18965/5010) following a te-form, e.g., (持って)いく, (読んで)みる, (作って)おく
  * Use **kanji** for the second component of a **compound** verb, following a [連用形](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/65953/5010), e.g., (やり)直す, (食べ)切る, (降り)始める, (読み)終わる, (動き)回る  
(Except for verbs that are usually written in kana anyway, e.g., (言い)かける,
(考え)あぐねる)

Therefore, ふりだした is normally written as 降り出した in newspapers and such. That
said, some people sometimes use hiragana for some common syntactical elements
like -直す or -始める, and that is not slangy nor childish. Elements like these are
also sort of "helping" verbs that add some meaning to the first verb, after
all. Unless you are writing professionally, it's fine to write it as 降りだした
even in business settings.
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