Category_MWW Blog>The Hyphen

Hyphenating

When you are trying to decide whether to hyphenate something, try this: ...It is a large green bug that.... It is a bug. What kind of bug? It is a green bug. What kind of green bug? It is a green...
Category_MWW Blog>The Hyphen

Compound Noun and Hyphenation

When a compound noun that is two words has a prefix or suffix, hyphenate the prefix to the first word or the suffix to the last word and leave the compound noun as separate words. ...pre-high scho...
Category_MWW Blog>The Hyphen

A Few Hyphen Issues

When a word ends in -ly, do not hyphenate it to the word after it. ...poorly constructed edifice... ...newly build condos... ...recently deceased partner... Though the suffix -wise should be adde...