I have been remiss, and my file of miscues in the mechanics of writing has grown thick. Newspapers, magazines, business communications –...

Don’t be niggardly with the hyphen. Doing so can wreak havoc. On the other hand, insert those little sawed-off lines in the right places,...

Writers who get too hyphen happy end up with cluttered copy, despite the apparently skewed vision of some who think they look so dashing....