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Normally adverbs are not hyphenated. In the case of full-time and part-time, Merriam- Webster lists the adverb form hyphenated. So it is ...He works full-time in our office. ...She is going to try...

Just a quick note to get some terminology cleared up: The dash in formal English is a long mark, called the "em" dash, that is flush against the word on either side. In court reporting, back in th...

The rule is that prefixes and suffixes are added on and made a solid word. However, when the word that has a prefix or suffix is more than one word, the prefix or suffix is attached with a hyphen....

When a noun answers an adverb question, it is called an adverbial objective. ...left Friday for the lake... ("Friday" tells "when") ...spent four hours there... ("four hours" tells "how long") Th...

The punctuation of these words occasioned a rather heated discussion on FB that contained a number of misconceptions about the language in general. First, a note about the "-ly" issue. Adverbs th...

...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...

Generally speaking, civil and military titles are not hyphenated. ...is the vice president in charge of shipping. ...holds the rank of lieutenant colonel. Happy punctuating! Margie