Phrase 1: “We will be waiting for you” Phrase 2: “we are waiting for you” Differences (not exhaustive): Phrase 1 has 6 words, while Phrase 2 has 5. Phrase 1 starts with a capital letter, Phrase 2 does not. Phrase 1 is first in the title, Phrase 2 is second The second word of Phrase 1 is will,...

When adding a prefix to a noun, I've been taught to usually hyphenate (e.g. life -> pro-life, breakfast -> pre-breakfast, coal -> anti-coal) with some exceptions (e.g. preschool). But how does this work with noun phrases? Do you leave out the hyphen? For example: pre Independence Day anti pen ...

Some words are written without hyphens (nonaggression, nonbeliever), and some words are written with a hyphen (well-intentioned). Is there a schema in the use of a hyphen?

As a non-native speaker of English and an engineer by training, I always get confused about hyphenation and almost always end up referring to Google every time I need to make that decision. Does anybody know of a concise, comprehensive style guide to hyphenation that explains this rather complex...

The context is as follows. I say that X is true. The (dismissive) response I receive is 'Anyone knows that." Is that a complete sentence? Yes, it is grammatical. Yes,it has some semblance of meaning. First of all most people wouldn't see a problem--they would interpret "anyone" and meaning "e...