For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Yet another tragedy has exposed our shameful, glaring inadequacies. Of course, there has ...

Compound words are made up of two parts of speech. For example, the compound noun handkerchief is made up of two nouns: hand + kerchief. Semantically, compound words are very interesting, since their ...

This is a summertime puzzle. I'm going to give you three words starting with the letters H, O, and T. For each set you give me a word that can precede each of mine to complete a compound word or a ...

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 ...

Grammar expert and enthusiast June Casagrande dives into the world of hyphens and how to actually use them in writing.

Yet another tragedy has exposed our shameful, glaring inadequacies. Of course, there has never been a shortage of tragic incidences, but just when one hopes the last tragedy taught us a lesson, ...