hyphens

There are intrinsic differences between English and Romance languages that militate against complete standardisation of the English language; the formation of compound nouns and the associated use of hyphens is a case in point; so is the formation of phrasal verbs, which come, change, and go away as fashion demands.

Two letters 2009

There are intrinsic differences between English and Romance languages that militate against complete standardisation of the English language; the formation of compound nouns and the associated use of hyphens is a case in point; so is the formation of phrasal verbs, which come, change, and go away as fashion demands.

5 posts from September 2009 2009

There are intrinsic differences between English and Romance languages that militate against complete standardisation of the English language; the formation of compound nouns and the associated use of hyphens is a case in point; so is the formation of phrasal verbs, which come, change, and go away as fashion demands.

Two letters 2009

With the dispatch of a waiter flicking away flyspecks, the editor, Angus Stevenson, eliminated some 16,000 hyphens from the sixth edition, published last month.

Where Did All the Hyphens Go? 2007

With the dispatch of a waiter flicking away flyspecks, the editor, Angus Stevenson, eliminated some 16,000 hyphens from the sixth edition, published last month.

October 2007 2007

In terms of primary weights all four strings are actually identical, and it is just the nature of these very doubleplusnonprimary weights that we call hyphens that cause the problems ....

Site Home 2010

In the early days of search engines, one could not search using special characters such as hyphens, commas, apostrophes, etc.

Stupid grammar rules I: Email vs. e-mail « Motivated Grammar 2008

In other words, would we be willing to give up some of our cherished "hyphens," if that was the price of doing away with hyphenated-Canadianism in other parts of the country?

The New Canada 1990

And the "hyphens" raise a loud hurrah and blow themselves to drinks;

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various

An '"hyphens" read the news an' smoke, a-settin 'on the porch --

New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 3, June, 1915 April-September, 1915 Various