Hyphenation Rules
There are four simple rules when it comes to hyphenation. There are lots of other rules too, but these should be your ‘go-to’ rules.
Don’t hyphenate prefixes or suffixes. Sometimes, if a word looks weird without a hyphen it’s safe to add it. Hyphens should be used before a capital letter e.g. anti-Australian or before the letter ‘i’ e.g. anti-inflation.
Check a dictionary for nouns and verbs.
‘ly’ adverbs should not be hyphenated e.g. happily married couple
Hyphenate compound words that might create confusion without one e.g. first-class tickets
What' your favourite hyphenated word? Tell me in the comments!