As with many compound terms, it depends on the usage and placement. In general, if the words are used as a modifier directly preceding the modified word, the hyphen is required. Otherwise the hyphen is not used. Examples: * "We use only first-class ingredients." * "Your presentation was first class." Style manuals such as Words into Type and Chicago Book of Stylehave chapters detailing hyphen usage, and they're excellent references for any writer or student.
The correct phrase is "passed with first class". This indicates that the individual achieved a first-class degree or classification in their academic endeavor.
What a hyphen does is it is showing you what you are saying in the sentence; it represents something. It is NOT to be used as a pause. Commas and semicolon's are used for that. For example, if I wanted to say something about a car, I would say "This car is very nice - it has leather seats." The hyphen is a place holder if you do not want to end a sentence because you are describing what you are talking about in the first part of the sentence.
Yes, the hyphen goes in the word "dead-end" because the two words together have a different meaning than separately.
Yes, you can use a hyphen in a three-syllable word to separate its component parts or to indicate a compound adjective.
Yes, unless you mean that the car salesman is a small person.
As with many compound terms, it depends on the usage and placement. In general, if the words are used as a modifier directly preceding the modified word, the hyphen is required. Otherwise the hyphen is not used. Examples: * "We use only first-class ingredients." * "Your presentation was first class." Style manuals such as Words into Type and Chicago Book of Stylehave chapters detailing hyphen usage, and they're excellent references for any writer or student.
No hyphen is needed for world class. World is just an adjective that describes class much like (for example) upper class, which also does not need a hyphen.
The correct phrase is "passed with first class". This indicates that the individual achieved a first-class degree or classification in their academic endeavor.
Since you're changing it into a superlative, you're definitely going to use two separate words, so no hyphen is necessary.
Email is correct. Some people still use e-mail, with a hyphen, but email without a hyphen is used much more often.
Yes. "Hard-working" is a compound adjective, and therefore requires a hyphen between the two words. It is also correct to omit the hyphen and use the single word, "hardworking."
Yes it's correct.
What a hyphen does is it is showing you what you are saying in the sentence; it represents something. It is NOT to be used as a pause. Commas and semicolon's are used for that. For example, if I wanted to say something about a car, I would say "This car is very nice - it has leather seats." The hyphen is a place holder if you do not want to end a sentence because you are describing what you are talking about in the first part of the sentence.
The dictionaries that list it use a hyphen.
As a noun they are two separate words. As an adjective you will use the hyphen.
No, excitingly is one word so you would not use a hyphen in it.
You do not use a hyphen when writing square feet. Using a hyphen would make it one word which should not be the case.