0Hi,02br 02br 00There was a post that was put up to explain the rules for hyphens and in it, it had a section called "To Avoid Ambiguities." In the section, it listed many words with hyphens that I presumed are the examples of words that used the hyphens to avoid being ambiguous.02br 02br 00a little-used car02br 02br 00a little used-car02br 02br 02br 02br 00cross complaint02br 02br 00cross-complaint02br 02br 02br 02br 00high-school girl02br 02br 00high schoolgirl02br 02br 02br 02br 00fine-tooth comb00 (most people do not comb their teeth.)02br 02br 00My request to you is help me to get my teeth into the things it is talking about. If it is too much of work, just use two sets of those listed. 02br 02br 00Oh, another thing, which one is right? 02br 02br 01i00If it is too much of work, ... or02i02br 02br 01i00If it is too much work, ... 02i0-
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