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Happy, Happy Mothers' Day to all of you out there who have been blessed to have this role in life -- and I think the apostrophe should be AFTER the s since it is the day to celebrate all mothers. W...

...a five-year-old was... ...knew the 12-year-olds who... The word old/olds is part of the hyphenated compound noun when the word year is singular. The word old/olds is a combining form, and the c...

When a combination is recognized as a unit already -- that is, it is a compound noun that is separate words -- there is no need for a hyphen when it is used as an adjective. ...substance abuse... ...

As I was listening to the news a couple of days ago, the newscaster said, "The several million dollar homes in that area are...." It is clear that it has to be "...the several-million-dollar homes...

Remember that the words that represent directions -- north, south, east, west -- in any form are capitalized when they represent a recognized geographical area. This presumes that you might have to...

Remember to put a period after a fragment answer. Do not attach it to the following part of the answer. Q Where were you waiting at the time? A At the bus station. We had been there several hou...

We continue to struggle with this word "so" -- so little and so much trouble!! When "so" means "in order that" and implies the reason for doing something, it is a subordinate conjunction that begi...

The rule says to add ish to the end and make a solid word. However, when it is just "too ugly," go ahead and hyphenate it. ...was around 8:00ish... ...felt warmish to me... Obviously, this is an ...

When there is a word in front of a number that tells what the number is representing, the word is capped with five exceptions: page, line, paragraph, verse, size. The number is always in a figure. ...