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

[Bridgit Pollpeter via stylist]

I also keep a couple of grammar guides on hand so I can refer to them
when necessary. Strunk and White's Elements of Writing is the one I use
frequently. It was the guide book most frequently suggested when I was
at university too. It's available on BARD.

Bridgit

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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.  

Have a great day,

April Brown

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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 My spell checker just told me that outdated was one word,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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