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 ...

Of all the unbelievable things that happened last week, one really stood out to me as an editor, which leads me to make this statement: If you don't know the difference between a hyphen and apostrophe ...

Everything was going just fine on a sleepy Wednesday afternoon and then the AP Stylebook had to go and upset the apple cart with an Earth-shattering news bomb. Apparently, the long-standing practice ...

You know how grammar buffs can be a little, well, difficult to be around? Judgmental? Quick to correct? And you know how even when they’re being quiet you can almost hear the unspoken criticisms ...

You know how grammar buffs can be a little, well, difficult to be around? Judgmental? Quick to correct? And you know how even when they're being quiet you can almost hear the unspoken criticisms ...

Call us odd, but in my family we sometimes pretend that the plural of a compound word follows the odd pattern that "passer-by" and "mother-in-law" follow, and make the plural of a word like "bookcase" ...

Sign up for The Media Today, CJR’s daily newsletter. The “rules” under which hyphens are used to connect multiple modifiers, like “well(-)known man,” are ...