'False friends' are words in one language that look like words in another language, but which have very different meanings. There are a number of false friends in German, where the words look ...
Compound nouns (noun + noun) Note the frequency of compound nouns in the previous two examples - holidaymakers, stomach bug, cruise ship, Sunday Times, Renaissance paintings, earthquake.
Use hyphens in the following situations: Use in compound numbers and fractions. Combine two adjectives that are working together to describe the same noun. Example: Maria is a self-conscious writer.