Don t play the short stick game with fred.
Sub floor one word or hyphenated.
That is both words modify fish.
Hyphens are always used when two adjectives modify each other and not the noun.
A compound is a word or word group that consists of two or more parts that work together as a unit to express a specific concept.
Long kept a hyphen s length from most of its partners but grew closer and finally merged with just one.
If a compound adjective can be misread use a hyphen.
Example upper or lower right corner.
Example maybe not the best example but you get the point.
Example uppercase and lowercase letters.
I would argue that one essay of 2 000 to 5 000 words is a 2 000 to 5 000 word essay two essays one of 2 000 words and one of 5 000 merit the suspensive treatment.
If you use a suspended compound modifier include a hyphen with both adjectives.
She is a nice fat fish.
The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.
For much of the dictionary s history a compound word was shown in only one form closed hyphenated or open even if there were examples of two or sometimes all three forms in use.
The hyphen should not be confused with dashes figure dash en dash em dash horizontal bar which are longer and have different uses or.
The hyphen should not be confused with dashes which are longer and have different uses or with the minus sign which is also longer in some contexts.
The use of hyphens is called hyphenation.
General principle 2 in a temporary compound that is used as an adjective before a noun use a hyphen if the term can be misread or if the term expresses a single thought i e all words together modify the noun.
No hyphen because you can take out the word fat and it still makes sense.
Good point thanks for the clarification.
The use of hyphens is called hyphenation.
Hyphen minus non breaking hyphen hyphen bullet the hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word.
Once upon a time a long time ago the word long met up with the words standing lived suffering time term and other partners and formed many adjectives and adverbs.
Non hyphenated is an example of a hyphenated word.
Hyphenate compound nouns when one of the words is abbreviated.
The first hyphen is followed by a space.
Open hyphenated and closed compounds.
Examples are double check cost effective around the clock hand to hand forward thinking eyeliner and iced tea they might also be formed from prefixes or suffixes as in ex president supermicro presorted shirtless or unforgivable.
