Hyphenaters used to be fearless. Bad to the bone. Unflinching in the face of multi-word adjectives that required two or even three hyphens. An editor would see the terms “anti” and “social” and “media ...

People get hyped about hyphens. Hyphens are tricky creatures that can't be summed up in a few words. They are sometimes overused, other times underused. They follow a few rules then haphazardly ignore ...

Yes, there is a real difference between a hyphen vs. dash. And here's how these tiny marks can make a big difference in your writing. When you’re writing by hand, a hyphen and a dash can look pretty ...

A hyphen ( - ) is used to link parts of a compound word. This includes most dual heritages (Mexican-American), and all words in a compound modifier except "very" and adverbs that end in "ly." (The ...

RADZI CHINYANGANYA: This is Barton Arcade a shopping centre in the heart of Manchester. Now any shop would want to attract a customer's attention and one way they do that are through A-boards which ...

If there is one thing even worse than a paywall so far as the Guardian is concerned, it's a "pay-wall". On the whole, we keep hyphens to a minimum. John E McIntyre noted in his excellent You Don't Say ...