By Hyphens, Universities

In this case I would definitely use a hyphen. Otherwise there is a real risk of "school year" being read as one unit. However, in "We should leave the building perfectly intact" I would not use a hyphen. A good rule of thumb in cases of doubt: if the sentence is...

.1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding -- Yes2. the University of Florida curriculum designer -- YesBut what about these?-- These are hard to deal with, since the adjective cluster has been extended unnaturally. I suggest:Afternoon return buses back to SeoulEarly morning departures...

Thank you very much.I think these two are properly punctuated:1. the genitive-equals-possessive misunderstanding2. the University of *** curriculum designer -- no hyphen since "University of ***" is a proper name and linking with hyphens woud be inappropriate, if not wrong.But what...

From 'Fowler's Modern English Usage' (Publ.: Oxford University Press): "... 'Both four- and six-cylinder models are made.' The function of a hyphen is to link a word with its immediate neighbour, and to separate them in this way to avoid doubling the linked word is a clumsy device that should be...

Hi Whl626!Thanks a lot for your help. Just a few questions... Whl626 wrote:As I will be graduating from the University of Applied Sciences in October – ***,I must confess that the Xs are a little bit confusing. The word after the hyphen is the city where my university is located in – so it's a...

Eejar1 wrote:Hi!!!!Please help me in checking my covering letter too. I graduated with Masters in Electrical Engineering from FachHoch Schule, Furtwangen this February. Now I am looking for a job in the industry. There is a Job fair in this month and following is a cover letter I drafted to send...

The following words and phases need repair or replacement, Bubu: trde competition (needs a comma) afford ignore finance related (needs a hyphen) those, who (no comma) field, must (no comma) finance related fields (needs hyphen and comma) A basic idea on (should be plural; wrong...

1. "Worse" is the comparative of "bad" while "worst" is the superlative. bad-worse-the worst His new movie is worse than his last. Your cooking is getting worse! (compared to before) Among his movies, the newest one is the worst. This is the worst of all! 2. I'm reproducing Taiwandave's post...

Overall, very good...here are my comments.... - Name - - Objectives - Regional Sales Manager – Key Skills and Attributes – (Tell me what you are good at.) • Superior strategy and organizational skills • Able to interact with senior management • Work effectively within a team...

There have been a number of recent questions concerning when to use hypens. The following is an excerpt from The Economist magazine's style guide. © The Economist Newspaper Limited 2004 Use hyphens for: 1. FRACTIONS (whether nouns or adjectives): two-thirds, four-fifths, one-sixth, etc. 2....