now-famous?

[WordCraft]

One would say "the now-famous x" rather than the "now famous x", yes?

[JD]

The BBC's website has it hyphenated. If I'm in doubt I always refer to how the Beeb has it appearing on its site.

Regards,

Jane

[WordCraft]

Thanks - that's one way

I really need to find a good on-line UK English grammar site. Anyone know of one?

[KevynA]

The grammatical rule is you hyphenate two words that work together in modifying a noun. However, you never hyphenate something like "widely-known" because it's an "ly" word and an adjective. Also, never hyphenate anything that isn't serving as an adjective in the sentence. Never hyphenate two adverbs modifying an verb or what have you.