Russ in New Jersey had a question about hyphens: In “northwestern California landmark” should “northwestern California” be hyphenated? “I’m not sure if it’s simply a matter of preference or if the ...

Hyphenate when used as a compound modifier: He was active duty before becoming a reserve Soldier. He was an active-duty Soldier before becoming a reserve Soldier. African American (noun) ...

Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you don’t know something, so you just avoid it altogether? For instance, because I don’t know how to swim, I avoid parties on mega yachts. I can’t tell ...

PTC Therapeutics. has filed a patent for a recognition element for splicing modifier (REMS) that can be recognized by a compound. The patent also includes methods for modulating the amount of a gene’s ...

1 Department of Applied Linguistics, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada 2 Department of Psychology, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON, Canada Compound words exhibit properties of both ...