Should “uncomment” include a hyphen like this: “un-comment”, or either one correct? Answer The use of un as a prefix is part of normal grammar, and it is typically used without a hyphen when it precedes a word starting with a consonant. In looking at the Merriam-Webster definition of un, none of the example sentences … Read more
How should I dictate hyphen in email address or url over the phone ? My email is gabriel hyphen glenn at gmail dot com My email is gabriel dash glenn at gmail dot com Answer The short answer is: it doesn’t matter. The listener will probably type the same thing in either case. But what’s … Read more
Since “400 level” should be hyphenated as “400-level”, should “300 or 400 level” be hyphenated as “300- or 400-level,” or is there another way to write this? Answer “300- or 400-level” is correct. However, if you have “to” in between, I would write it as “300-to-400 level” or “300-to-400-level”. AttributionSource : Link , Question Author … Read more
Am I using the correct grammar by not having high quality hyphenated? From direct mail, printing & fulfillment, to database analytics and digital media, Company Name continues to deliver high quality services that produce results. Answer If you want to follow the intended use of English language, then you want to hyphenate in that situation. … Read more
How do you decipher when and how to use ‘off-guard’ or ‘off guard’? Example sentences “I wanted to find it before my opponents did,” he clarified. “So, if anything was brought up during one of the many townhall debates we had, I was ready to respond and defend myself instead of being caught off guard.” … Read more
I read rules for hyphenating and I think it said an adjective proceeding a verb needs a hyphen. True? Answer Is it a word? The word “unvolunteer” isn’t standard: it doesn’t appear in any of the main online dictionaries. As there’s always a risk that a novel word will be misunderstood, in formal communication it … Read more
I’m writing a sci-fi novel in which humans travel to a nearby star known by the catalog number Gliese 892, where they encounter a sentient species. Listening to numerous videos about such stars, it is clear that each number in the catalog name is pronounced separately (so it is “Gliese eight nine two,” not “Gliese … Read more
I edit a lot of articles that contain phrases such as “A first century AD inscription…” or “First century BC writer Herodotus…” I know that a compound adjective before a noun is usually hyphenated, so if the phrase were just “A first-century inscription” I would hyphenate accordingly, but “A first-century-AD inscription”, despite seeming grammatically correct, … Read more
Which one is a better term to describe a person who has a hatred towards men: a men-hater, a men hater or a man hater? In the Corpus of Contemporary American English there are such combinations like “Trump hater”, “Obama hater”, “Hillary Clinton hater”, “woman hater”, “Jew hater”, “cop hater”, “cat hater”, “dog hater”, “lady … Read more
I have looked up online and studied usages for the hyphen, en dash, and em dash. I still haven’t found an answer if I can define words with a dash in English. The backstory on dashes defining vocabularies I am bilingual in Russian and English. Back then when I was in a Russian school, we … Read more
