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Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I've learned a lot, even though there seems to be no definitively correct way to write this. Anyway, I've decided to drop all the hyphens. See, I'd feel uneasy about using hyphens in one of the

A. Willis: "Hour-and-a-half's drive to the nearest Marks and Spencers, Robert, an ... - but are what I want this lady to say)? Eric Walker: Addressing only the hyphenation: Your belief is correct. The second set is unwanted.

Hi Sonia "Humiliate" is very severe embarrassment. Imagine being told off in front of a large crowd of people. "Criticize" is to make an observation of a mistake. It can be positive or negative (usually negative). "Sarcastic" is to

What you write is true about the stressed word when ... "now" serves as a definite time reference to the present. The "now" in "(2) Now *that's* something I really hate" is a throwaway, in my opinion. It was meant

Tony Cooper wrote in message I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's been around that I've just not noticed before? I've always used "exclamation point." I never knew there

The next thing we know, you'll be using exclamation points. I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's been around that I've just not noticed before? I've always used

Googling "exclamation mark" gets only 85,200 hits, compared to points 139,000, so I guess I'm not alone. point's Oy! Dena Jo (Email: Replace TPUBGTH with denajo2)

And AHD had this to say about it: NOUN: A punctuation mark (!) used after an exclamation. Also called exclamation mark. I don't know why I say it. Maybe it's a regional thing. MW: Main Entry: exclamation point Function: noun Date: 1824 a

I've never seen that usage. Exclamation marks, yes. Points, no. Is this something that's been around that I've just not noticed before? You know, I found myself writing that once before, and at the time I changed it to exclamation