16 Iúil 2017 · Colors are supposed to follow the basic hyphenation rule: hyphenate adjectives before a noun, but not after. (Read more about that rule in this post.) But CMS and AP have some additional …

15 Iúil 2013 · As with most other phrasal adjectives, pairs of words that together describe the color of an object should be hyphenated: A suit that is dark blue (referring to degree of saturation) is a dark-blue …

Use of hyphens and commas in phrases that include names of colors is the cause of some confusion among writers. Here’s a discussion of when to insert or omit these punctuation marks when referring …

A. It depends on their meaning. If the blue is dark (or midnight), it is a color compound and can take a hyphen. But “old” refers to the tie rather than some outdated shade of blue, so “old blue” is not a …

4 Noll 2022 · Good journalists know that the truth is not black and white. The noun is "a hyphen", but the verb is "to hyphenate". Phrases that modify nouns are hyphenated if they are used as an attributive …

Today, I want to focus on the hyphen, specifically when it comes to compound adjectives. More and more, I see authors (and their editors and proofreaders) forgetting or misusing these hyphens.

When do you use a hyphen when writing about colours? Discover all you need to know about the hyphenation of colours.

30 Márta 2021 · According to the Chicago Manual of Style, no hyphen for color combinations except for black and white, when used before the noun - "a black-and-white print" but "the truth isn't black and …

11 Aib 2014 · I think the most errors I see when editing manuscripts have to do with hyphenation. In an earlier post, I gave a link to the latest CMOS Hyphenation Chart, and you can download it again here.

31 Beal 2022 · I'll be honest here and say that unless you are trying to be needlessly pedantic about grammar or impress someone, this doesn't really matter that much to most people who speak English …