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...