Yes.
Hyphenate when used as compound adjectives: The team developed a long-term regional plan
No, you do not hyphenate a double consonant word when it is used in a compound word or as part of a phrase. The double consonant remains intact.
You should hyphenate a word when it serves to clarify meaning, particularly in compound adjectives before a noun (e.g., "well-known author"). Hyphenation is also necessary for certain compound numbers (e.g., "twenty-one") and when combining prefixes with proper nouns or other capitalized words (e.g., "un-American"). Additionally, hyphens can be used to avoid confusion in phrases that could be misinterpreted without them.
No. There is no formal word to express the adjectives compound or compounded as an adverb.
no.
It is optional to hyphenate or not hyphenate the term month to month (or month-to-month).The word 'month to month' is a noun as a word for a type of agreement; a word for a thing.The word 'month to month' is a adjective when used to describe a noun as this type of agreement.
Cookout does not have a hyphen, but it doesn't have a space either. It is a compound word.
What compound Adjektive includes eye
Don't hyphenate; ongoing is one word.
You do not generally hyphenate the word stepchild, because it is not a hyphenated word. If the question is where to hyphenate stepchild if you have to break it across two lines, it is not difficult to determine this, because the two syllables are actually separate words: step and child. If you have to hyphenate the word to break it, you would put step- on one line and child on the next. If the word is all on one line, you do not hyphenate it.
Sure, honey, you hyphenate "30 minutes" when it's being used as an adjective before a noun, like "a 30-minute workout." But if it's just hanging out by itself, no need for that hyphen. Keep it sassy, darling!
If possible the general rule is to hyphenate the word where the syllables join. If a word has no syllables do not hyphenate just carry the entire word to the next line. (e.g.: Chari-table Foundation)