The phrase "add a hyphen" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when instructing someone to insert a hyphen in a word or phrase for clarity or grammatical accuracy.
Example: "Please add a hyphen between 'well' and 'known' to make it 'well-known.'"
Alternatives: "insert a hyphen" or "include a hyphen".
Add a hyphen between root and parasites in the genus description of Orthocarpus.
Add a hyphen between root and parasites in the genus description of Pedicularis.
Indeed, a sub-editor would be regarded as substandard if he or she did not know the answers, or when to add a hyphen after sub.
Nouveau philosopher Alain Finkielkraut, chose to add a hyphen to render the word as sous-chien, or "sub-dog" (mongrel), and accused Bouteldja of anti-French or anti-white racism.
If you want it to display the same thing as the logged out site notice, add a hyphen (and nothing else) to the page.
She eventually added a hyphen to the family name & registered her vineyard as the Domaine Montherlie-Douhairet & moved into the house in Montherlie.
Although other growers would make similar wines over the years, only Biondi-Santi — the label added a hyphen to the family name — carried on continuously, making the wine at the family estate, Tenuta Il Greppo.
A few days later, one Romanian, getting up for work, studies the slogan, turns the "r" in raus into an "H" and adds a hyphen to make "Romanian-House".
Or Death Knell," about the Oxford English Dictionary's removal of hyphens from many words because people are "not really sure what they're for": I added a hyphen to my first name at the suggestion of my high school guidance counselor when I started applying to colleges.
In its aftermath, he retreated to a country house in Devon with his second wife (an American heiress), added a hyphen to his name, and settled into a semi-detached role as the lost leader or "king over the water" of the progressive theatre.
Most style guides add a disclaimer to their hyphenation instructions, saying that this hyphen is only necessary when it will help prevent confusion, for example when distinguishing between a man-eating lobster and a man eating lobster.
