Thank you. Can anyone with an eager heart to learn possibly get a grip on "how-to's" of the "tricks," as you seemed to have referred to? How can they go about taking the first step? What should one do if they find

Hi, When to hyphenate can sometimes be a bit tricky, but here are a couple of very general comments to consider. I don't think people today hyphenate as much as they used to. When you see a phrase with two or more hyphens, look carefully

a combination of higher-ed administrations This is not a comparative: it's short for "higher education" When you have two words that modify a noun, you often (usually) hyphenate them. Higher-education administrators, full-time

Hi, Thank you so much. You asked/said: I think certain words like "am" or "so" are not hyphenated when used as part of a hyphenated noun or a hyphenated adjective. Why is that? I'm not sure what you mean. Can you

Hi, How would you justify the use of hyphens to denote what seems to be a noun? I wouldn't try to justify it. At best, it's extremely casual, and at worst it's just lazy and unstructured English. I think this string of words can

You've chosen words/phrases that are hypenated all the time. The "use the hypen before the noun but not after" rules works only if the two words wouldn't have a hyphen normally. She is a full-time student. She is going to school

Hi, How would you justify the use of hyphens to denote what seems to be a noun? I think this string of words can be thought as a big noun made of little parts. Could it be in quotations without hyphens and would it make a difference or no

Hi, I was looking online for some help on adjectives and came upon a help (tip) source called "Grammatically Correct." In it, in the section called "Using Hyphens in Compound Adjectives (and Exceptions to the Rule) by John Davis, he

Hi, I am just smarting from an argument I had with a colleague at work, the subject was as follows. ' Rob has been sent the latest planning drawings and a cross - section of the staircase. ' (<<<<note the added hyphen) This

When making a sign for a fish and chip shop you need to put a hyphen between fish and and and and and chips. How's that?