[stylist] Grammar: Two Words, One Word, or Hyphenated Words

[Homme, James via stylist]

Hi,
Thanks, April. This is great.

Jim



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Hello James Homme,

I follow a few on Twitter and Facebook.  Grammar Girl has some really good posts on specific words.  APA, MLA, and Chicago don't always agree with each other about hypens, so it can vary depending on style guide.  And sometimes, depends on whether the two words change parts of speech.  For instance, as a noun it may be one word, and as an adverbial clause it may be two.

http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/hyphens?page=all  This is a good place to start.

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Hi,
Can anyone point me to the rules for this kind of thing? It keeps bothering me. My spell checker just told me that outdated was one word, and I realized that I keep tripping up on whether words should be separated by spaces, hyphenated, or one word.

Thanks.

Jim


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