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 ...

According to my 1933 Oxford Universal Dictionary, “good-bye” and “co-operate” are hyphenated, neither “leg room” nor “birth rate” can be run together into single word, and “teenager” doesn’t exist.

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 ...

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 ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. The sky has fallen! The end is nigh! How can we possibly go on? That is the reaction to a small change in Associated Press style ...