The hyphenated form lends itself better to compound modifiers, as in “mid-twentieth-century furniture.” So when the less common noun phrase is used, we prefer to retain the hyphen: “mid-twentieth century.” A similar logic has discouraged us from advising “midtwentieth century”—though we...
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Here are some examples of hyphenated words: best-seller, two-year-old, pre-Hanukkah, and anti-racist. An em dash cannot be used as a hyphen (and a hyphen, likewise, cannot be used as a hyphen). The rules for hyphenating words are extensive, but here's a quick reference list to get...
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There has been an ongoing dispute on whether coworking should be hyphenated or not. So how did this come about? The main reason for the hyphenated term “co-working” was due to theAP Stylebookdistributed to journalists worldwide. The Stylebook dictates their preferred spelling and punctuation of...
Fourth, hyphenate prefixes for proper nouns and adjectives. For example: mid-September or trans-Pacific. Fifth, hyphenate family relations that use the word great, such as great-aunt or great-great-grandmother. Sixth, when combining two or more hyphenated words or phrases, keep the hyphen after...
The first hyphenated use of fancy-pants as an adjective appeared in the “Coshocton Tribune” in November of 1939. You may also like: Scientific breakthroughs from the year you were born 1938: Electroshock, Rastafarianism Wikimedia Commons 1938: Electroshock, Rastafarianism Other notable words:...
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