Hi, Is it the formula that is powdered, or the infant? (We often refer to putting talcum powder on a baby as 'powdering' the baby) I'd clarify this with a hyphen, ie powdered infant-formula. Best wishes, Clive

. I see no ruling against the hyphen, but I an sure that the 2-word form is much the commoner: dog owner. .

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. I'd like to know which is a correct grammar of an adjective: - different mode supported (machine) - different modes supported (machine) I know that, if the adjective is less complex, such as "different mode

Dear Anonymous, I'm sorry to report, but you are incorrect here. Hyphens are not the correct punctuation to use to set off words in the middle of a sentence. Only an em dash should be used in this case, with no space in between.

Dear Learn: They are not really compound words. True compound words are written without a hyphen. Examples are blackboard (black + board) and shipwreck (ship + wreck). The two words together may have a different meaning together than their

Hi! Thank you for this extensive course on the hyphen. I'm still at a loss to do with the following examples, though. Do these need a hyphen? lowest mass galaxies less massive galaxies most massive galaxies more massive galaxies etc.. and this

Hi, I don't know why but this is causing me a lot of issues. I have the following sentences and can not figure out if I should be using 'Rugby' or 'rugby'. Any help would be appreciated. We usually don't start the name of a

I'd agree with everything Clive says. The answer is E . Regarding your obssession over the hyphenation, it is fine to add information between two hyphens, but this is usually unnecessary. E.g. I went to the cinema - despite wanting to stay at

Dear Teacher, When I read English I can meet many compounds among which there are many compounds written with a space. I look them up in English dictionaries to find that they don't give the stress patterns to them, only their meanings. What

Hi, I am in more confusion now.I will give the full question here.We have to identify the parts of sentence which are correct from the given options - 1. So once an economy is actually in recession, Not OK. A comma should follow 'so'. 2.