hyphen

The New York Times analysis relies heavily on textual analysis of old emails and posts, and in particular incorrect hyphen usage and British spelling.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 8, 2026

It was announced on Tuesday that Mr Mountbatten-Windsor's surname should be spelled with a hyphen.

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025

The lives of this family and millions of others are balanced on that flimsy hyphen.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2025

“When you put a hyphen between two things, it almost makes it sound like they're somehow equal,” Zahr said.

From Salon ● Nov. 4, 2023

Here are some exceptions to the “before or after” rule for hyphens in two-word descriptions: • If self or quasi is one of the words, always use a hyphen.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs — no question is too insignificant.

From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023

Missing hyphens or incorrect capitalization, ambiguities about singular and plural nouns or transitive and intransitive verbs - no question is too insignificant.

From Washington Times ● May 29, 2023

Whether real people or AI are behind the proliferating hyphens, I believe some retraining or reprogramming based on an English dictionary is warranted.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2022

We can blame scholar Richard Paul Jodrell for this gaffe, who, in his book The Philology of the English Language, left out hyphens in compound words.

From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2021

Here are some exceptions to the “before or after” rule for hyphens in two-word descriptions: • If self or quasi is one of the words, always use a hyphen.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

Golden-nob is 'a variety of apple'; see E.D.D.: and as a special name, which the passage implies, it should be hyphened.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

The shortening of the first line is never a blemish, but a too short second line following a hyphened first line is always a fault.

From Division of Words Rules for the Division of Words at the Ends of Lines, with Remarks on Spelling, Syllabication and Pronunciation by Frederick W. (Frederick William) Hamilton

To meet the supposed legal exigencies the two names were simply hyphened.

From Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature by Charles W. Bardsley

Knew him before he married Miss Forbes of Glenluce, my wife's second cousin, and hyphened his name with hers, to keep the property in the family.

From An African Millionaire Episodes in the Life of the Illustrious Colonel Clay by Grant Allen

Mr. Tempest, unimpressed by the hyphened St. Clair, was unwilling to allow the courtship to proceed.

From The Simpkins Plot by George A. Birmingham