Comments on: MM: Hyphenation http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/ Help for a Punctual and Polite Life Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:33:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Peter http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-595 Peter Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:25:51 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-595 Thanks Deb! And Melissa for that matter, very enlightening! Thanks Deb! And Melissa for that matter, very enlightening!

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-584 Melissa Donovan Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:05:35 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-584 @Deb, probably because whenever we try to come up with examples, they evade us. It happens to me all the time. That is one reason to rough draft several days before deadline. All kinds of great lines, metaphors, and examples will pop into your head while the draft is simmering on the back burner. <em>Melissa Donovan's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WritingForward/~3/265517724/poetry-and-grammar' rel="nofollow">Poetry and Grammar</a></em> @Deb, probably because whenever we try to come up with examples, they evade us. It happens to me all the time. That is one reason to rough draft several days before deadline. All kinds of great lines, metaphors, and examples will pop into your head while the draft is simmering on the back burner.

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]]> By: --Deb http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-583 --Deb Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:00:58 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-583 Now, why didn't I think of that when I was trying to come up with examples? Now, why didn’t I think of that when I was trying to come up with examples?

]]> By: Melissa Donovan http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-582 Melissa Donovan Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:39:26 +0000 http://punctualityrules.com/2008/04/07/mm-how-to-use-a-hyphen/#comment-582 I've got one that I see written incorrectly all the time: She was a 23 year old librarian. Nope. It's: She was a 23-year-old librarian. I see these types of age adjectives written all kinds of crazy ways. <em>Melissa Donovan's last blog post..<a href='http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/WritingForward/~3/265517724/poetry-and-grammar' rel="nofollow">Poetry and Grammar</a></em> I’ve got one that I see written incorrectly all the time:

She was a 23 year old librarian.
Nope. It’s:
She was a 23-year-old librarian.

I see these types of age adjectives written all kinds of crazy ways.

Melissa Donovan’s last blog post..Poetry and Grammar

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