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Category_MWW Blog>The Comma
Ugly but Correct
Q What is the VIN?
A J, as in "John"; -H, as in "Harry"; -4-D, as in "David"; -B, as in "boy"; -7-6-6-2-T, as in "Tom"; I believe it's an -S, as in "Sam"; -0-0-3-4-9-0.
Semicolons because...
Category_MWW Blog>The Hyphen
Compound Noun and Hyphenation
When a compound noun that is two words has a prefix or suffix, hyphenate the prefix to the first word or the suffix to the last word and leave the compound noun as separate words.
...pre-high scho...
Category_MWW Blog>General
Adding "-ish"
As with all standard suffixes, -ish should be added to the word and made a solid word when possible.
...sluggish
...selfish
As with many suffixes, -ish is added to words for which is was never in...
Category_MWW Blog>The Hyphen
A Few Hyphen Issues
When a word ends in -ly, do not hyphenate it to the word after it.
...poorly constructed edifice...
...newly build condos...
...recently deceased partner...
Though the suffix -wise should be adde...