By Hyphens, Nouns

(1) As a small child, Sarah witnessed a horsewhipping of one of the slaves and, even at five years old, she detected something inherently wrong. On March 7, 1870, when she was seventy-nine years old, Sarah led a procession through a blizzard to the local polling place. Chicago style guide says...

Hi Nhi83, I have to follow up with a lot of people, and your note is a perfect use. (My only suggest has to do with the repetition of "person" - you would have needed "a" before the "different person," but instead try "someone else.") A lot of my e-mails...

.I see sand and water as uncountable and fish as countable. Please advise me of the levels of countability. In what sense artificial? The base noun exists alone.(Thanks for the m-dash. I'll try it, but it sounds much too slow for me: — . Nice, but two hyphens work quicker.)

Mr. Micawaber: This four-letter noun, on what level is it uncountable — like water, like sand or like fish? Is it artificial? Does it exist on its own, apart from compound nouns? «Two hyphens at either end of a parenthetical remark strike out the words between» To type a em-dash in...

.Verbal noun? No.A substance? Yes, of course -- it is concrete -- but I think the affirmative will confuse.(Hmm. Two hyphens at either end of a parenthetical remark strike out the words between. I didn't know that.)

Hi, My dictionary gives these words as flood waters (noun) folksinger (but folk song) (nouns) daylong (adjective) Anyway, such compound nouns are often written with and without hyphens, without any objection from anyone. So, you are not in danger of making shocking errors. My advice is...

Hi, I am interested in the logic of this kind of noun where it is hyphenated with one, two, or more hyphens. What are the criteria for using it in a sentence? I think CalifJim used (wrote) this in one of his posts: ..., even at the beginning of the story-inside-a-story. How do we decide on...

Hi, How does two or more nouns connected with a hyphen work as a noun or an adjective? The nature of them should be such that they should be considered one? How close the relationship has to be?

I find your sentence very satisfactory. It may be Jane Austenish but there is no law against such language even today. Why should everybody speak and write in exactly the same way in English? People don't do that in many other languages. I see no mistakes in punctuation or hyphens but I know...

Yes. I want to check whether it's hyphenated, though. Okay - it seems that it can be either hyphenated or not for the noun, though I saw a few more with the hyphen. (If you do use "high-rise building," make sure you hyphentate that.) I'd recommend using the hyphen. They...