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Re: Do compound adjectives need to be hyphenated when they act as object complements?

Mr Wordy — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 12:57:31 GMT

dtran1119
I know the rule that we're supposed to hyphenate compound adjectives when they appear before a noun and not after a noun.

For example:

"My parents want me to attend a well-known university."
"The school I attend is well known."

Adverb-adjective compounds, as you have here, are often not hyphenated, even when they precede a noun. For example: "clearly defined rule", not "clearly-defined rule".

I've never really thought about it too much before, but off the top of my head it seems that shorter adverbs, especially those not ending "-ly", are more likely to be hyphenated in combination. For example, I think I would use a hyphen in "often-quoted passage" but I definitely wouldn't in "frequently quoted passage". "Well" is normally hyphenated in compounds peceding the noun, as in your example.

I would always use a hyphen when there is otherwise a risk of ambiguity or misassociation. For example, "fast-talking politician", not "fast talking politician".

dtran1119
Which one is correct?

1) "We should have school year-round."
2) "We should have school year round."

In this case I would definitely use a hyphen. Otherwise there is a real risk of "school year" being read as one unit. However, in "We should leave the building perfectly intact" I would not use a hyphen.

A good rule of thumb in cases of doubt: if the sentence is significantly easier to parse with a hyphen, then use one.

Re: hyphen?

Mister Micawber — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:57:57 GMT

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1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding -- Yes
2. the University of Florida curriculum designer -- Yes

But what about these?-- These are hard to deal with, since the adjective cluster has been extended unnaturally. I suggest:
Afternoon return buses back to Seoul
Early morning departures back to Seoul

Re: hyphen?

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:46:21 GMT

Thank you very much.

I think these two are properly punctuated:
1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding
2. the University of *** curriculum designer -- no hyphen since "University of ***" is a proper name and linking with hyphens woud be inappropriate, if not wrong.
But what about these?
Afternoon return bus rides back to Seoul
Early morning departure rides back to Seoul

Re: hanging hyphens

Annvan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 09:13:43 GMT

From 'Fowler's Modern English Usage' (Publ.: Oxford University Press):

"... 'Both four- and six-cylinder models are made.' The function of a hyphen is to link a word with its immediate neighbour, and to separate them in this way to avoid doubling the linked word is a clumsy device that should be avoided if possible; which is the lesser evil is a matter of taste in each case..."

Re: Please help me correcting my covering letter

Anonymous — Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:47:28 GMT

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 â ***,

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 â so it's a part of the name. I think it's not a good idea to separate these parts?!?

Whl626 wrote:

Besides having four years of training in the University, I also have some experience in Bayer Schering Pharma AG in the Production Logistic and Project Management department.

Bayer Schering Pharma AG is the company name... is âinâ the right preposition? In my opinion it must be âatâ, but to take the correct preposition is always hard for Germans ;-)

Regards,

Markus

Re: need help with corrections and modifications in my CoverLetter ...thank

Feebs11 — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 17:03:00 GMT

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 with my unsolicited application to the companies.

Please let me know the corrections and where can I improve. All your comments will be very helpful. Thank you.

**** Covering Letter ****

Dear Mr. ***,

I am writing to inquire about future placement possibilities with YYYYY. I learned of your firm

while going through the list of the organisations that will participate in the career fair----.

Based on my research on your website [what I found on your website], I believe there would be a good fit between my skills and

interests and your needs.

I have completed my Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the FachHoch Schule, Furtwangen.

The coursework has supplied me with a good understanding of Computer Engineering concepts and

likewise given me a comprehensive exposure to disciplines like Coding Theory, Computer Networks,

Digital Signal Processing, Multimedia Technology, Software Engineering, Telecommunications. My

reserach interests are primely focused on Mobile Communication and Embedded Systems which

supplemented me [ it is not clear what you mean -perhaps "augmented my work" or "complemented my work"] in doing my thesis in Mobile Multimedia and later followed by publishing a

conference paper. I am well versed with programming in C and C++, having undertaken several

projects in the same. Enclosed is my curriculum vitae [no hyphen] which further outlines my qualifications.

While working towards my Masterâs degree, I have had a variety of student jobs and research

positions. The industry assignments have truly been a truly rewarding experience [plural assignments=plural experiences]. Studying

for a degree and working have made it necessary for me to learn how to prioritize tasks and

have instilled in me the need to remain flexible. I have had to be highly organised in order to

meet deadlines both at school and work. Along with, I also I have also developed an appreciation for team

ability, thanks to the senior and fellow colleagues in my previous endeavours. In addition to my

technical experience, I have excellent communication skills, having given several presentations

and organised symposiums at the University.

With my strong academic base, starting a challenging career in a premier organization like

yours, with focus on innovative research and development, is a natural and corner stone of[not good phrasing. "Would be a natural corenstone for"]  my

professional aspirations. I am certainly willing to explore this further and would very much

appreciate the opportunity to have a discussion with you in this regard. Thank you for your

consideration. I look forward to talking with you. [Passable. But probably better to say "I hope to hear from you in the near future and will look forward to talking with you."

Yourâs [not a possessive] sincerely

Re: How to write it?

Mister Micawber — Wed, 22 Jun 2005 10:22:41 GMT

The following words and phases need repair or replacement, Bubu:

trde
competition (needs a comma)
afford ignore
finance related (needs a hyphen)
those, who (no comma)
field, must (no comma)
finance related fields (needs hyphen and comma)
A basic idea on (should be plural; wrong preposition)
proffesssional (did you proofread this letter?)
highly qualified and experienced faculty is highly essential (needs article, second highly should be deleted-- 'essential' is non-gradable)
field demand
University' (needs comma)
the managerial (no article)
competence (needs comma)
I find myself greatly inclined to go in (too smug; 'go in' is slang)

Re: Need help

Teacher Eric — Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:13:12 GMT

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative.

bad-worse-the worst

His new movie is worse than his last.
Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before)
Among his movies, the newest one is the worst.
This is the worst of all!

2. I'm reproducing Taiwandave's post in its entirety. The article mainly reflects British English usage. As follows:

Rules for using hyphens
Posted: 24 Jun 2004 01:11 AM
There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide.

Â© The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004

Use hyphens for:

1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth, etc.

2. MOST WORDS THAT BEGIN with anti, non and neo. Thus anti-aircraft, anti-fascist, anti-submarine (but antibiotic, anticlimax, antidote, antiseptic, antitrust); non-combatant, non-existent, non-payment, non-violent (but nonaligned, nonconformist, nonplussed, nonstop); neo-conservative, neo-liberal (but neoclassicism, neolithic, neologism).

Words beginning Euro should also be hyphenated, except Europhile, Europhobe and Eurosceptic; euro zone and euro area.

Some words that become unmanageably long with the addition of a prefix. Thus under-secretary and inter-governmental. Antidisestablishmentarianism would, however, lose its point if it were hyphenated.

A sum followed by the word worth also needs a hyphen. Thus $25m-worth of goods.

3. SOME TITLES

vice-president, director-general, under-secretary, secretary-general, attorney-general, lieutenant-colonel, major-general, field-marshal

but

general secretary, deputy secretary, deputy director, district attorney

4. TO AVOID AMBIGUITIES

a little-used car
a little used-car
cross complaint
cross-complaint
high-school girl
high schoolgirl
fine-tooth comb (most people do not comb their teeth)
third-world war
third world war

5. AIRCRAFT

DC-10, Mirage F-1E, MiG-23, Lockheed P-3 Orion
(If in doubt, consult Jane's "All the World's Aircraft".)

6. ADJECTIVES FORMED FROM TWO OR MORE WORDS

right-wing groups (but the right wing of the party), balance-of-payments difficulties, private-sector wages, public-sector borrowing requirement, a 70-year-old judge, state-of-the-union message, value-added tax (VAT).

Adverbs do not need to be linked to participles or adjectives by hyphens in simple constructions: The regiment was ill equipped for its task; The principle is well established; Though expensively educated, the journalist knew no grammar. But if the adverb is one of two words together being used adjectivally, a hyphen may be needed: The ill-equipped regiment was soon repulsed; All well-established principles should be periodically challenged. The hyphen is especially likely to be needed if the adverb is short and common, such as ill, little, much and well. Less-common adverbs, including all those that end -ly, are less likely to need hyphens: Never employ an expensively educated journalist.

Do not overdo the literary device of hyphenating words that are not usually linked: the stringing-together-of-lots-and-lots-of-words-and-ideas tendency can be tiresome.

7. SEPARATING IDENTICAL LETTERS:

book-keeping (but bookseller), coat-tails, co-operate, unco-operative, pre-eminent, pre-empt (but predate, precondition), re-emerge, re-entry (but rearm, rearrange, reborn, repurchase), trans-ship. Exceptions include override, overrule, underrate, withhold.

8. NOUNS FORMED FROM PREPOSITIONAL VERBS:

bail-out, build-up, call-up, get-together, lay-off, pay-off, round-up, set-up, shake-up, etc.

9. THE QUARTERS OF THE COMPASS:

north-east(ern), south-east(ern), south-west(ern), north-west(ern), the mid-west(ern).

10. HYBRID ETHNICS:

Greek-Cypriot, Irish-American, etc, whether noun or adjective.

Words gathered together in quotation marks to serve as adjectives do not usually need hyphens as well: the "Live Free or Die" state.

----------------

A general rule for makers: if the prefix is of one or two syllables, attach it without a hyphen to form a single word, but if the prefix is of three or more syllables, introduce a hyphen. So carmaker, chipmaker, peacemaker, marketmaker, troublemaker, but candlestick-maker, holiday-maker, tiramisu-maker, antimacassar-maker. Policymaker (one word) is an exception.

With other words ending -er that are similar to maker (builder, dealer, driver, grower, owner, player, runner, seeker, trafficker, worker, etc) the general rule should be to insert a hyphen. But some prefixes, especially those of one syllable, can be used to form single words (coalminer, foxhunter, householder, landowner, metalworker, muckraker, nitpicker, shipbroker, steeplechaser), and some combinations will be better left as two words (insurance broker, crossword compiler, tuba player).

ONE WORD:
airfield
airspace
airtime
antibiotic
anticlimax
antidoteantiseptic
antitrust
bedfellow
bestselling
bilingual
blackboard
blueprint
bookmaker
businessman
bypass
carmaker
cashflow
ceasefire
chipmaker
clockmaker
coalminer
coastguard
codebreaker
comeback
commonsense (adj)
cyberspace
dotcom
fallout
farmworker
figleaf
foothold
forever (adv, when it precedes the verb)
foxhunter (-ing)
goodwill
halfhearted
handout
handpicked
hardline
headache
hijack
hobnob
kowtow
lacklustre
landmine
landowner
laptop
loophole
lopsided
lukewarm
machinegun
marketmaker (-ing)
metalworker
minefield
multilingual
nationwide
nevertheless
nitpicker (-ing)
nonetheless
offline
offshore
oilfield
online
onshore
overpaid
overrated
override
overrule
overrun
payout
peacekeepers (-ing)
peacemaker (-ing)
peacetime
petrochemical
placename
policymakers(-ing), but foreign-policy makers (-ing)
profitmaking
rainforest
roadblock
rustbelt
salesforce
seabed
shipbroker (-ing)
shipbuilder (-ing)
shipowner
shortlist
shutdown
soyabean
spillover
statewide
steelmaker (-ing)
steelworker (-ing)
stockmarket
streetwalker
strongman
subcommittee
subcontinent
subcontract
subhuman
submachinegun
sunbelt
takeover
threshold
timetable
transatlantic
transpacific
troublemaker (-ing)
turnout
underdog
underpaid
underrated
videodisc
videocassette
wartime
website
windfall
workforce
worldwide
worthwhile

TWO WORDS:
ad hoc (always)
air base
air force
arm's length
any more
ballot box
birth rate
car maker
child care (noun)
common sense (noun)
dog owner
errand boy
for ever (when used after a verb)
girl friend
health care (noun)
Land Rover
no one
on to
some day
under way
vice versa

TWO HYPHENATED WORDS:
agri-business
aid-worker
aircraft-carrier
asylum-seekers
bail-out
bell-ringer
build-up
buy-out
call-up (noun)
catch-phrase
copper-miner
death-squads
drawing-board
drug-dealer (-ing)
drug-trafficker (-ing)
end-game
end-year
faint-hearted
field-worker
front-line
front-runner
fund-raiser (-ing)
get-together (noun)
gun owner
gun-runner
hand-held
health-care (adj)
heir-apparent
hot-head
ice-cream
infra-red
inter-governmental
interest-group
joint-venture
kerb-crawler
know-how
lay-off (noun)
like-minded
long-standing
machine-tool
mid-week, mid-August, etc
mill-owner
nation-building
nation-state
news-stand
pay-off (noun)
post-war
pot-hole
pressure-group
pre-war
pull-out (noun, not verb)
question-mark
rain-check
re-create (meaning create again)
re-present (meaning present again)
re-sort (meaning sort again)
round-up (noun)
set-up (noun)
shake-out (noun)
stand-off
starting-point
start-ups
sticking-point
stumbling-block
talking-shop
task-force
tear-gas
think-tank
time-bomb
truck-driver
turning-point
vote-winner
working-party

THREE WORDS:
ad hoc agreement (meeting, etc)
armoured personnel carrier
chiefs of staff
half a dozen
in as much
in so far
multiple rocket launcher
nuclear power station
third world war (if things get bad)

THREE HYPHENATED WORDS:
A-turned-B (thief-turned-journalist)
brother-in-law
chock-a-block
commander-in-chief
no-man's-land
prisoners-of-war
second-in-command

Avoid from 1947-50 (say in 1947-50 or from 1947 to 1950) and between 1961-65 (say in 1961-65, between 1961 and 1965 or from 1961 to 1965).

âIf you take hyphens seriously, you will surely go madâ (Oxford University Press style manual).

Re: Check my resume, please!

anon1 — Mon, 29 Nov 2004 20:45:08 GMT

Overall, very good...here are my comments....

- Name -

- Objectives -

Regional Sales Manager

â Key Skills and Attributes â

(Tell me what you are good at.)
â¢ Superior strategy and organizational skills
â¢ Able to interact with senior management
â¢ Work effectively within a team environment
â¢ Strong analytical and computational skills
â¢ Fluent in both English and Russian
â¢ Excellent people and time management skills
â¢ Able to help parties mediate their differences
â¢ Strong artistic flair
â¢ Etc. (donât use etc., but rather add whatever you think is appropriate)

â Recent Accomplishments â (now give me examplesâ¦ âxâ indicates a change)

â¢ (need to make it an accomplishment or make it a key skill) Highly organized and creative professional able to develop creative marketing strategies and contribute to productive work environment
â¢ Coordinated the special project: butcher's shops chain in the Barnaulâs markets
â¢ xHandled 75% of the accounts for printing house (not sure about this one...printing house, no hyphen)
â¢ xOversaw budgets and expenses worth $...or whatever currency
â¢ xWrote successful proposals for what
â¢ Composed press releases and public service announcements
â¢ Counseled customers in the areas of publish quality control [not sure what you mean] and settlement
â¢ xSupervised site www.roskolbas.ru development
â¢ Produced posters, logos, brochures, and ads for a variety of companies and organizations
â¢ xWrote, edited, and designed reports and work plans
â¢ xHandled copyediting duties for the/a local newspaper
â¢ Developed concepts and goals with clients
â¢ Served as liaison between client and account executives
â¢ xTwo yearsâ experience as an editor-in-chief for ABC newspaper

â EMPLOYMENT HISTORY â âxâ denotes a change

â¢ Designer, Special projects manager, Marketing Department OOO âRIKIâ, 2004-present
â¢ Designer-manager, printing office ZAO âAltaiskaya yarmarkaâ, 2003
â¢ Designer, âPrestigeâ publishing house, 2002-2003
â¢ Editor-in-chief, Newspaper of the Western Siberian railroad âLokomotivschik Altayaâ, 2000-2002
â¢ xEditor-in-chief, Newspaper of the Russian Party of Social Democracy âKopeikaâ, 2000-2002 (Careful with political affiliations in case the other person supports a different party)
â¢ Freelance Designer, 2000-present
â¢ xDesigner, Regional Department of the Russian centrist party âMedvedâ, 1999-2000 (Careful with political affiliations in case the other person supports a different party)

â EDUCATION â

-- Design department, Altai State University of Art and Culture, 3 courses, course leader
-- Journalism department, Altai State University, 3 courses, course leader

â HONORS â

Conference of Young Scientists, Second Place, 2002

â REFERENCES â

Writing samples and references are available on request

Rules for using hyphens

taiwandave — Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:11:59 GMT

There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide.

Â© The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004

Use hyphens for:

1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth, etc.

2. MOST WORDS THAT BEGIN with anti, non and neo. Thus anti-aircraft, anti-fascist, anti-submarine (but antibiotic, anticlimax, antidote, antiseptic, antitrust); non-combatant, non-existent, non-payment, non-violent (but nonaligned, nonconformist, nonplussed, nonstop); neo-conservative, neo-liberal (but neoclassicism, neolithic, neologism).

Words beginning Euro should also be hyphenated, except Europhile, Europhobe and Eurosceptic; euro zone and euro area.

Some words that become unmanageably long with the addition of a prefix. Thus under-secretary and inter-governmental. Antidisestablishmentarianism would, however, lose its point if it were hyphenated.

A sum followed by the word worth also needs a hyphen. Thus $25m-worth of goods.

3. SOME TITLES

vice-president, director-general, under-secretary, secretary-general, attorney-general, lieutenant-colonel, major-general, field-marshal

but

general secretary, deputy secretary, deputy director, district attorney

4. TO AVOID AMBIGUITIES

a little-used car
a little used-car
cross complaint
cross-complaint
high-school girl
high schoolgirl
fine-tooth comb (most people do not comb their teeth)
third-world war
third world war

5. AIRCRAFT

DC-10, Mirage F-1E, MiG-23, Lockheed P-3 Orion
(If in doubt, consult Jane's "All the World's Aircraft".)

6. ADJECTIVES FORMED FROM TWO OR MORE WORDS

right-wing groups (but the right wing of the party), balance-of-payments difficulties, private-sector wages, public-sector borrowing requirement, a 70-year-old judge, state-of-the-union message, value-added tax (VAT).

Adverbs do not need to be linked to participles or adjectives by hyphens in simple constructions: The regiment was ill equipped for its task; The principle is well established; Though expensively educated, the journalist knew no grammar. But if the adverb is one of two words together being used adjectivally, a hyphen may be needed: The ill-equipped regiment was soon repulsed; All well-established principles should be periodically challenged. The hyphen is especially likely to be needed if the adverb is short and common, such as ill, little, much and well. Less-common adverbs, including all those that end -ly, are less likely to need hyphens: Never employ an expensively educated journalist.

Do not overdo the literary device of hyphenating words that are not usually linked: the stringing-together-of-lots-and-lots-of-words-and-ideas tendency can be tiresome.

7. SEPARATING IDENTICAL LETTERS:

book-keeping (but bookseller), coat-tails, co-operate, unco-operative, pre-eminent, pre-empt (but predate, precondition), re-emerge, re-entry (but rearm, rearrange, reborn, repurchase), trans-ship. Exceptions include override, overrule, underrate, withhold.

8. NOUNS FORMED FROM PREPOSITIONAL VERBS:

bail-out, build-up, call-up, get-together, lay-off, pay-off, round-up, set-up, shake-up, etc.

9. THE QUARTERS OF THE COMPASS:

north-east(ern), south-east(ern), south-west(ern), north-west(ern), the mid-west(ern).

10. HYBRID ETHNICS:

Greek-Cypriot, Irish-American, etc, whether noun or adjective.

Words gathered together in quotation marks to serve as adjectives do not usually need hyphens as well: the "Live Free or Die" state.

----------------

A general rule for makers: if the prefix is of one or two syllables, attach it without a hyphen to form a single word, but if the prefix is of three or more syllables, introduce a hyphen. So carmaker, chipmaker, peacemaker, marketmaker, troublemaker, but candlestick-maker, holiday-maker, tiramisu-maker, antimacassar-maker. Policymaker (one word) is an exception.

With other words ending -er that are similar to maker (builder, dealer, driver, grower, owner, player, runner, seeker, trafficker, worker, etc) the general rule should be to insert a hyphen. But some prefixes, especially those of one syllable, can be used to form single words (coalminer, foxhunter, householder, landowner, metalworker, muckraker, nitpicker, shipbroker, steeplechaser), and some combinations will be better left as two words (insurance broker, crossword compiler, tuba player).

ONE WORD:
airfield
airspace
airtime
antibiotic
anticlimax
antidoteantiseptic
antitrust
bedfellow
bestselling
bilingual
blackboard
blueprint
bookmaker
businessman
bypass
carmaker
cashflow
ceasefire
chipmaker
clockmaker
coalminer
coastguard
codebreaker
comeback
commonsense (adj)
cyberspace
dotcom
fallout
farmworker
figleaf
foothold
forever (adv, when it precedes the verb)
foxhunter (-ing)
goodwill
halfhearted
handout
handpicked
hardline
headache
hijack
hobnob
kowtow
lacklustre
landmine
landowner
laptop
loophole
lopsided
lukewarm
machinegun
marketmaker (-ing)
metalworker
minefield
multilingual
nationwide
nevertheless
nitpicker (-ing)
nonetheless
offline
offshore
oilfield
online
onshore
overpaid
overrated
override
overrule
overrun
payout
peacekeepers (-ing)
peacemaker (-ing)
peacetime
petrochemical
placename
policymakers(-ing), but foreign-policy makers (-ing)
profitmaking
rainforest
roadblock
rustbelt
salesforce
seabed
shipbroker (-ing)
shipbuilder (-ing)
shipowner
shortlist
shutdown
soyabean
spillover
statewide
steelmaker (-ing)
steelworker (-ing)
stockmarket
streetwalker
strongman
subcommittee
subcontinent
subcontract
subhuman
submachinegun
sunbelt
takeover
threshold
timetable
transatlantic
transpacific
troublemaker (-ing)
turnout
underdog
underpaid
underrated
videodisc
videocassette
wartime
website
windfall
workforce
worldwide
worthwhile

TWO WORDS:
ad hoc (always)
air base
air force
arm's length
any more
ballot box
birth rate
car maker
child care (noun)
common sense (noun)
dog owner
errand boy
for ever (when used after a verb)
girl friend
health care (noun)
Land Rover
no one
on to
some day
under way
vice versa

TWO HYPHENATED WORDS:
agri-business
aid-worker
aircraft-carrier
asylum-seekers
bail-out
bell-ringer
build-up
buy-out
call-up (noun)
catch-phrase
copper-miner
death-squads
drawing-board
drug-dealer (-ing)
drug-trafficker (-ing)
end-game
end-year
faint-hearted
field-worker
front-line
front-runner
fund-raiser (-ing)
get-together (noun)
gun owner
gun-runner
hand-held
health-care (adj)
heir-apparent
hot-head
ice-cream
infra-red
inter-governmental
interest-group
joint-venture
kerb-crawler
know-how
lay-off (noun)
like-minded
long-standing
machine-tool
mid-week, mid-August, etc
mill-owner
nation-building
nation-state
news-stand
pay-off (noun)
post-war
pot-hole
pressure-group
pre-war
pull-out (noun, not verb)
question-mark
rain-check
re-create (meaning create again)
re-present (meaning present again)
re-sort (meaning sort again)
round-up (noun)
set-up (noun)
shake-out (noun)
stand-off
starting-point
start-ups
sticking-point
stumbling-block
talking-shop
task-force
tear-gas
think-tank
time-bomb
truck-driver
turning-point
vote-winner
working-party

THREE WORDS:
ad hoc agreement (meeting, etc)
armoured personnel carrier
chiefs of staff
half a dozen
in as much
in so far
multiple rocket launcher
nuclear power station
third world war (if things get bad)

THREE HYPHENATED WORDS:
A-turned-B (thief-turned-journalist)
brother-in-law
chock-a-block
commander-in-chief
no-man's-land
prisoners-of-war
second-in-command

Avoid from 1947-50 (say in 1947-50 or from 1947 to 1950) and between 1961-65 (say in 1961-65, between 1961 and 1965 or from 1961 to 1965).

âIf you take hyphens seriously, you will surely go madâ (Oxford University Press style manual).