Thank you very much. I think these two are properly punctuated: 1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding 2. the University of *** curriculum designer -- no hyphen since "University of ***" is a proper name and linking with

. If I had to, I would do this: 1) ... submitted a featured-speaker nomination . But preferable: 'a nomination for featured speaker '. 2) ... submitting the updated treasurer's /president's report. 3) ... talk about national

Hi, Can you tell me how this works? 1)It was hard. It was during a tough time I was dropped out of college due to the pressure. I may have been too young. 1) We had moved our house. It was difficult. 2) I had married by then, and I was pregnant. I

Hi, Please tell me if you would use hyphens for these. 1) ... submitted a featured-speaker nomination. -- I would use a hyphen since I feel both 'featured' and 'speaker' do not describe the main noun 'nomination' 2) ...

Hi, Welcome to the Forum. I am new to this site, if i am doing this wrong please correct me but i need your opinion and was so happy when i came upon this site. English is not my strong suit but i try and reason as you will see below. Just what

Hi I am new to this site, if i am doing this wrong please correct me but i need your opinion and was so happy when i came upon this site. English is not my strong suit but i try and reason as you will see below. Just what would you do, Cheryl, if

A bargain hunter is more skilled at finding the bargains than a typical "price-conscious consumer" (note the hyphen). It's not an uncommon expression to say "hold my hand through the process" without meaning to literally

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>For dashes I often use two hyphens (--) I agree with Mr. Wordy on this in terms of e-mail. The (em)-dashes can be properly entered only in more complicated systems/applications. Mind you, in order to save energy, bandwidth and storage, I

I just spotted a couple of typos (probably), one double space, and a couple of places where I'd use commas. I was expecting your email, Jane; I am glad to receive it. I have one question though: did you decide on your wedding date? Are you