How do teach my 13-year-old son the hyphen rule?

Question

his teachers are failing to teach him this vital rule, and i'm new to the english language my-self, therefore cannot teach his this important rule.
please help me and also provive if there are any web-adds that can teach.
many thanks in advance.

i know this is the R&S section, but i want to get more answers.

Answer 1

Have a look at this article on wikipedia, the rules section explains in which instances and how to user hyphens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypen