Yet another tragedy has exposed our shameful, glaring inadequacies. Of course, there has never been a shortage of tragic incidences, but just when one hopes the last tragedy taught us a lesson, ...

Do hyphens really matter? Can the omission of a hyphen in compound words that should be hyphenated change the intended meaning? What are the functions of a hyphen? What are the rules for hyphenating ...

I saw a discussion on a closed Facebook site about hyphenating compounds, and there was considerable variation of views. The use of hyphens is a vexatious matter even for experienced writers, so ...

Hyphens can make all the difference in the world, at least in the world of proper diction and syntactical clarity. After all, living in a co-op is — hopefully — not the same as living in a coop, and ...

According to my 1933 Oxford Universal Dictionary, “good-bye” and “co-operate” are hyphenated, neither “leg room” nor “birth rate” can be run together into single word, and “teenager” doesn’t exist.

The beef had been aged dry for 30 days, and it changed my life. Not the way you’re thinking. I didn’t eat the life-changing meat. I just read about it in an article I was editing — and my relationship ...

When dealing with compound modifiers, heed this advice from The Associated Press Stylebook: "Do not use a hyphen between adverbs ending in '-ly' and adjectives they modify." For example, no hyphens ...

Antiepileptic, microorganism or antiarrhythmic do not have a hyphen. Also use hyphens for compound adjectives if it makes them clearer ('a cost-effective treatment' but 'the treatment was cost ...

What is the difference in meaning between these two phrases: i) hazardous-waste management and ii) hazardous waste management? In the first phrase ‘hazardous-waste management’, the waste is hazardous.