Prefixes: One word or hyphenated?
Skip to Quick Glance, Deeper Details, ante, anti**, auto, bi, bio, co**, counter, de, dis, extra, -fold, geo, hydro, hyper, …
Tag: word usage
Compounds: One word, two words, or hyphenated?
Skip to | Compound Rules | Adjective Hyphen Rules | after | away | book- | -book | class | …
Family Words
Skip to grand / great / aunts and uncles: great or grand? / step / in-law. CMS and AP agree …
Holidays and Notable Days
Proper spelling, punctuation, and capitalization of U.S. holidays and notable days Chicago Manual of Style 16 (books) and AP Stylebook …
email or e-mail? and other web terms
Skip to | e-terms | net terms | web terms | other terms | iPhone, eBay, etc. | web vs. …
Dictionaries
Chicago Manual of Style follows this dictionary: Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition (I abbreviate this as MW11 throughout this …