Tag Archives: hyphen

Years old: Hyphen or no hyphen?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by

  Today we’re discussing when to hyphenate the phrases years old and year old. Let’s take a look at two sentences: His son is four years old. He has a four year old boy. In the first sentence, you would … Continue reading →

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To hyphenate or not to hyphenate

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

  Today we’re discussing words with prefixes and whether we should hyphenate them. In general, English is moving away from hyphenation (it’s coworker, not co-worker, for instance), but there are some situations in which using the hyphen is the better … Continue reading →

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Happy National Punctuation Day!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by

 Today is September 24, which means . . . drum roll . . . it’s National Punctuation Day. In honor of this very special day, I am bringing to you a collection of archive Grammar Party posts that teach about … Continue reading →

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Simply dashing part three: the hyphen

Posted on September 6, 2011 by

Welcome back for our final installment from the horizontal language department. Previously we discussed the em dash and the en dash. Today we will learn about the shortest in the dash-like family, the hyphen. Hyphen basics Hyphens link: a prefix … Continue reading →

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