People get hyped about hyphens. Hyphens are tricky creatures that can't be summed up in a few words. They are sometimes overused, other times underused. They follow a few rules then haphazardly ignore ...
If you’ve ever found yourself confused about the difference between a dash and a hyphen, and when to use a hyphen, you’re far from alone. When you handwrite them, they probably look exactly the same.
There's nothing wrong with hyphenating "multi-cultural." There's nothing wrong with not hyphenating "multicultural." There's nothing wrong with doing it both ways in a single document. But it's very ...
This just in, courtesy of our Anglophile-eyed British colleague, program coordinator Jacqueline Davies: Hypens are history, at least for 16,000 words deemed hyphen unworthy. Here, word-for-word and ...
A hyphen by any other name might not be the hyphen you need. Learn when and how to use four hyphen characters at your disposal. Software Installation Policy Five Methods to Insert a Checkmark Into ...
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been giving this note to my editing clients: “Replace floating hyphen with proper em dash.” It comes up when I’m proofreading images, like PDFs, and I see a hyphen ...
People get hyped about hyphens. Hyphens are tricky creatures that can't be summed up in a few words. They are sometimes overused, other times underused. They follow a few rules then haphazardly ignore ...