Please note that it's a hyphen, not a dash. As a noun, use the hyphen. I'm doing some follow-up on the people who haven't responded yet As a verb, don't use it. I need to follow up with the people who haven't

They all sound pretty good. In the first of each pair, the written form has a hyphen: two-week, two-minute, etc. Personally, I would probably use the first of each pair. The second of each pair sounds just a bit off to my ear. Maybe someone else

Yes, that is the correct approach.

I would include the hyphen, to distinguish from the actual verb resent , to dislike.

The Associated Press Stylebook (2007) lists daylong (p. 69), weeklong (p. 268) and yearlong (p. 274) but not decadelong. It does look strange to me. The hyphen in decade-long seems to make sense, so decades-long also may make sense. As for

I would say this to make it clear that it is one continuous text to be referred to: James 2:1-2

I'm a pastor with a question about Hyphens and numbers. In writing a Bible reference with just two verses would you say James 2:1, 2 or James 2:1-2? Of course with a longer reference I'm sure it is James 2:1-3. But what about only two

I proofread court depositions. Attorneys and deponents frequently make up their own series of words to explain things. Court reporting school teaches certain things for punctuation, yet I can't find the rule to verify it. My first example is

Te Random House Dictionary sees nothing odd in the word: so·ci·o·ec·o·nom·ic , adj. of, pertaining to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and economic factors: socioeconomic study; socioeconomic status. There's no hyphen

One guideline is to not overdo the hyphenation. If the relationship of the words is very clear without a hyphen (as in your examples), don't clutter the phrase with any. Where you need a hyphen is where it is confusing, e.g: one-armed soldier vs