Some compound words, such asself-restraintare hyphenated. Numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine should also be hyphenated when they’re spelled out. But when you’re not sure whether a compound word should have a hyphen or not, check a dictionary or style guide. Hyphenated words tend to...
A punctuation mark ( - ) used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text. tr.v.hy·phened,hy·phen·ing,hy·phens To hyphenate. [Late Latin, from Greekhuphen,a sign indicating a compound ...
Some compound words, such as self-restraint are hyphenated. Numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine should also be hyphenated when they’re spelled out. But when you’re not sure whether a compound word should have a hyphen or not, check a dictionary or style guide. Hyphenated words tend...
Numbers between twenty-one and ninety-nine should also be hyphenated when they’re spelled out. But when you’re not sure whether a compound word should have a hyphen or not, check a dictionary or style guide. Hyphenated words tend to become closed compounds (single words with no hyphens) ...
Use a hyphen to indicate a word spelled out letter by letter. The correct way to spell that word in English is h-e-l-l-o. 3. Use a hyphen to join two or more
Rule number 7: compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine This rule is mostly self-explanatory. Always include a hyphen when writing out numbers between 21 and 99 in word form. Twenty-six Thirty-five Sixty-fourth Ninety-first RULE 8: EX-, ALL-, SELF- PREFIXES ...
“Eat Fuk” greets me on the doorway of the Chinese-American Planning Council’s AIDS program office in Chinatown. This mis-spelled and ungrammatical obscenity leads into your standard low-budget nonprofit office. Sterile white walls are aggravated by fluorescent lighting. The office is pin-drop...
With Numbers When spelled out, numbers 21–99 must be hyphenated. For example: Twenty-one Thirty-two Eighty-seven Ninety-nine With Prefixes When “ex,”“self,” and “all” are used as prefixes, hyphens must be used to connect the prefix with the main word. ...
When to Write Out Numbers: What Chicago, APA, and MLA Say About Numerals I hope you don’t mind my pointing that out. Kaelyn Barronon January 17, 2022 at 11:09 pm Hi Peter, thanks for your question! Your intuition’s right: it should be hyphenated (“the three-year-old”). I thi...
A punctuation mark ( - ) used between the parts of a compound word or name or between the syllables of a word, especially when divided at the end of a line of text. tr.v.hy·phened,hy·phen·ing,hy·phens To hyphenate. [Late Latin, from Greekhuphen,a sign indicating a compound ...