Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Grammar Girl, Grammar Girl's, QDnow, and Quick and Dirty Tips are all trademarks of Macmillan Holdings, LLC. Is the glass half full or half-empty? Kazu grammar I have the same comment as Tammy (6/26/2008 12:46:27 PM): How do you use hyphens with the word "and"? Ex. low- and moderate-income persons? And how about "low-to-moderate-income persons"? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=21337#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=21337#Comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:56:00 GMT Laura grammar I found an answer to my own question in the National Geographic Magazine's style guide: the "forty-year-old arrived" takes hyphens even without the noun (the "forty-year-old man") because the noun is implied. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=17537#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=17537#Comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:24:17 GMT Laura grammar I get how to hyphenate a "forty-year-old man arrived" and not hyphenate a man arrived who looked "forty years old." But what about when the phrase is simply a "forty-year-old arrived," being used as a noun instead of an adjective. Hyphenate? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=17516#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=17516#Comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 04:24:29 GMT Linda grammar Would you use a hyphen when describing an age, for example calling someone a 6 year old child? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=16056#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=16056#Comments Tue, 10 Mar 2009 13:57:17 GMT no one grammar would you hyphenate chopsticks? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=14987#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=14987#Comments Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:47:13 GMT jessica cruz grammar Would u have a hyphen or a dash between Scotland-born? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=13884#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=13884#Comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 01:59:47 GMT Anne Ludwig grammar Is never the less hyphenated? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=13069#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=13069#Comments Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:46:44 GMT Tammy grammar Hi Grammer Girl Which would be correct: small- to medium-sized businesses, or, small to medium-sized busisnesses (only one hyphen)? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=13024#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=13024#Comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:46:27 GMT Joe grammar Would you hyphenate "brick oven pizza kitchen" or brick oven pizza"? http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=12702#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=12702#Comments Mon, 26 May 2008 18:49:59 GMT johnboy grammar Hello Grammar Girl, you often use the phrase "quick and dirty tip". I am wondering whether it shouldn't be "quick-and-dirty tip", treating quick-and-dirty as a compound adjective. Of course, one can argue that it's simply a tip that's both quick and dirty. But I think "quick-and-dirty" has turned into a fixed phrase. For example, one might say that your approach to grammar is "a quick-and-dirty approach". If I had written "a quick and dirty approach", it means something else. And I think in your usage it's the first one. http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=12474#Comments http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx?commentid=12474#Comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:02:56 GMT Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:56:00 GMT http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-hyphens.aspx feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Managing Editor) feedback@quickanddirtytips.com (Webmaster) en-us