Sentences with phrase «hyphenate phrasal»

One common usage mistake — and a particular obstinacy of the it's - right - because - that's - the - way - I've - always - done - it crowd — is failing to hyphenate phrasal adjectives.

First, Wiens doesn't hyphenate some phrasal adjectives.

But don't hyphenate phrasal verbs, that is, where you've combined a verb and adverb or proposition (words to describe the verb).

Not exact matches

But do hyphenate if you are using said phrasal verb as a noun.

Theodore Bernstein, John Trimble, R.W. Burchfield, Patricia T. O'Conner, and Bill Walsh also advise following a bright - line rule for hyphenating most phrasal adjectives because, as Garner summarizes, the hyphens make reading faster and easier: