ESL General English Grammar Questionshttp://www.englishforums.com/English/GeneralEnglishGrammarQuestions/Forum12.htmAsk your questions on grammar and get your sentence checked. We answer lots of different types of general English grammar questions here.enCSMOD (Build: 3260.39585)Re: Hyphenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Hyphen/vcxjv/post.htm#348113Sat, 07 Apr 2007 12:29:56 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:348113Believer0http://www.englishforums.com/English/Hyphen/vcxjv/post.htm#348113http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-348113.xml<P>Hi,</P> <P>I sometimes have difficulty&nbsp;using a long phrase or clause in front a noun as an adjective. Can you help me? How do we know&nbsp;when to hyphenate a certain phrase or clause, or not to hyphenate it because I think some clauses get hyphenated sometimes and some clauses not when used as an adjective?</P> <P>Yours: I don't like <U>I-know-better-than-thou gals.</U></P> <P>On your sentence,&nbsp;words are hyphenated but for the case below, why&nbsp;are the words not hyhenated?</P> <P><EM>How to respond to certain <U>"How are you?" greetings</U></EM></P> <P>OK, 'How are you?' is a fixed expression but I cannot&nbsp;convince myself of finding some possible reasons that will justify this type (style?) of usage. Would you hyphenated the words below? <STRONG>Are there any guidelines I can follow?</STRONG> </P> <P><EM>1. ... follow the following "How to do" instructions.</EM></P> <P><EM>2. ... follow the following how-to-do instructions.</EM></P><div style="clear:both;"></div>Re: Hyphenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Hyphen/dngl/post.htm#18609Fri, 09 Jan 2004 03:16:39 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:18609enkatesu1http://www.englishforums.com/English/Hyphen/dngl/post.htm#18609http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-18609.xmlI dont like I-know-better-than-thou gals. You can transform entire phrase/clause into an adjective with hypens. <br /> <br /> <br />Hyphenhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/Hyphen/dlgd/post.htmSun, 04 Jan 2004 01:09:38 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:18023nycgurl2http://www.englishforums.com/English/Hyphen/dlgd/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments12-18023.xmlWhat is the usage of a hyphen. When is it used? Teachers, please help. I got so many posts here. Thanks.