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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...