Hyphenated Adjectives
We talk about hyphens in several different articles on this site. One article distinguishes hyphens from en and em dashes. Another talks about open, closed,...
Placement of “Only”
Can you spot potential ambiguity in any of these sentences? The budget can only be balanced if programs are cut for next year. Many animals...
Making Proper Names Plural but Not Possessive (Even the Difficult Ones that End in “S”)
If we really stop to think about it, most of us know that apostrophes make words possessive, not plural. But when we get in a...
Comparatives and Superlatives
Can you identify a problem in any of these sentences? Eliza is the oldest of my two daughters. Having his choice of two offices, Melvin...
When Should We Hyphenate Compound Words?
When two words come together to create a single new idea that expresses meaning different from that of either of the individual words, the result...
