Don’t read this column. Really. It’s not like the other articles out there that impart knowledge. Instead, this one could leave you feeling like you know less than you did before you started reading.

There's nothing wrong with hyphenating "multi-cultural." There's nothing wrong with not hyphenating "multicultural." There's nothing wrong with doing it both ways in a single document. But it's very ...

The English language has a rich storehouse of words accumulated through different innovative methods. Adding prefixes to words, already in use, is one such method. A prefix is a type of affix attached ...

Have you noticed that, lately, you're less inclined to stick a hyphen between words? That is, you're looking at a term like "a time honored tradition," realizing you could put a hyphen in ...

Carlos Cajina from Nicaragua asks: Compound adjectives can be: 1. Joined by a hyphen 2. Appear as a single word 3. Appear as two separate words. Is there a rule - or set of rules - to know when to use ...