By Regards, Hyphens

I'm afraid that in British English the rule *is* different. We do indeed tend to use hyphens after the prefix "non-" (which avoids the possibility of mispronouncing words such as "nonnative" ).As regards other prefixes, "pre-" and "co-" still sometimes...

Hello, I have some question about the use of dash (or hyphen?). 1. If I need to indicate a sentence in a sentence so that the main clause gets more clear to the reader, than I can put the sub clause between two dahses. Am I right? What is then the difference of using two commas in between the...

Thank you, Mr. M. In the case of 'rust remover', it seems proper to write as such but can you give me some example two nouns linked/connected with a hyphen would be appropriate? What criteria, if there are any that can be laid out, are there for the purpose of making what I think is such a...

Hi Whl626!Thanks a lot for your help. Just a few questions... Whl626 wrote:As I will be graduating from the University of Applied Sciences in October – ***,I must confess that the Xs are a little bit confusing. The word after the hyphen is the city where my university is located in – so it's a...

Mary is an old-fashioned girl.'-perfect May I know the meaning of 'hyphen'? hyphen is a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text Best regards.

Eejar1 wrote:Hi!!!!Please help me in checking my covering letter too. I graduated with Masters in Electrical Engineering from FachHoch Schule, Furtwangen this February. Now I am looking for a job in the industry. There is a Job fair in this month and following is a cover letter I drafted to send...

I have several friends from Spain, and I get a sense that they don't understand the idea of ethnicity... hence why I decided to post a reply to this thread. To them, I am only American, but I consider myself Thai-american. I am a child of Thai immigrants, so for me, this hyphenation not only...

Forgive me, but what do you mean by a “dash.” All the examples here show two hyphens. These are not dashes. There are three types of dashes, namely Hyphens, Em Dashes and En Dashes The hyphen is the shortest of the three and is used most commonly to combine words (compounds such as...

Hi. My daughter (grade 7) recently took a grammar test on hyphens. One rule regards two-word adjective phrases. The two-word phrase, when used as an adjective, requires a hyphen. Here is her example: "A big, brown dog" Big and brown are separate adjectives. "A one-time fee" One and time...

Hello Guys, I am new here. I would appreciate your help in assisting me to improve my english. Here is an excerpt of my short essay: " Cesar Pelli (b.1926) the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur. Rising 452 metres, the Petronas Twin Tower is Malaysia’s most significant urban landmark. In 2004,...