HYPHENED AND
NON-HYPHENED WORDS[21]
The hyphen need not, as a rule, be used to join an adverb to the adjective which it qualifies: as in—
a beautifully furnished house,
a well calculated scheme.
When the word might not at once be recognized as an adverb, use the hyphen: as—
a well-known statesman,
an ill-built house,
a new-found country,
the best-known proverb,
a good-sized room.
When an adverb qualifies a predicate, the hyphen should not be used: as—
this fact is well known.
Where either (1) a noun and adjective or participle, or (2) an adjective and a noun, in combination, are used as a compound adjective, the hyphen should be used: