By Adverbs, Hyphens

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 marrying the dashing fellow you were with at our...

I would write: Mr Jones, who will be 45 years old next month, ... Mr Jones will be 45 years old next month. Mr Jones will be 45 years old next month; he will then be a 45-year-old man. The hyphens in the last example prevent the phrase being interpreted as "45 year" + "old...

Hello, I wonder if you could help me a little with adverbs and hyphens? Am I correct in thinking any sentence or phrase used adverbially doesn't require a hyphen? Such as: "Mr Jones, who will be 45-years-old next month." So this would be incorrect and should read "Mr...

Although I previously stated in this forum that well does not take the hyphen, just like -ly ending adverbs, I was 100% wrong. I had been thinking much as you do. It's a style issue, but most style guides do support hyphenation with well. See this:...

Hi, I think Mr. M once told me (or us) something to the effect that when you have to put a hyphenated word in the quotation marks, one mark is enough. I think what he meant is you can either choose the hyphen or quotation marks. Can we use both or should we always use just one? Adverbs as a...

Edit. Feebs, We use a hyphen on this side. I notice you did not. Is that typical? As a rule, an adverb is not followed by a hyphen in a phrase of this kind, whereas an adjective is. So full-fledged and fully fledged; full-blown and fully blown, close-knit and closely knit. It is a frequently...

Thanks to you all for your excellent research. My original question was answered quite quickly, and I appreciate all the other ensuing discussion. Philip

Hi AmyThanks for the great effort. I think the doing away with hyphens for such phrases hasn't become so widespread yet. I have seen the version without hyphens in other publications. I would say that I'm in favour of hyphens and would advise my students to use the hyphenated version.Best wishes

Hi YLOf course I'm familiar with RD -- I've even worked there. Without knowing more about the RD excerpt you're referring to, I can't possibly comment on it. I can tell you whatmy own observations are and what my own opinion is. And what I can also do is show you plenty of RD articlescontaining...

Hi AmyMy student took his exam recently and the comprehension passage was taken from the Readers' Digest, an American publication. In the passage was the phrase '4 year old child' (not hyphenated). So I told my student that nowadays the hyphens are disappearing from such phrases. I have seen...