Antiepileptic, microorganism or antiarrhythmic do not have a hyphen. Also use hyphens for compound adjectives if it makes them clearer ('a cost-effective treatment' but 'the treatment was cost ...

Hyphens can make all the difference in the world, at least in the world of proper diction and syntactical clarity. After all, living in a co-op is — hopefully — not the same as living in a coop, and ...

Do hyphens really matter? Can the omission of a hyphen in compound words that should be hyphenated change the intended meaning? What are the functions of a hyphen? What are the rules for hyphenating ...

A reader has complained that writers ”are now sprinkling hyphens like pepper over salad, but unlike the pepper, they are deadening instead of stimulating.” The examples he cited were compound ...

The opening chapter of the style guide deals with spellings and its last section with the use of the hyphen. Photo: AFP People who are learning English generally consider the dictionary their most ...