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This week's anal retentive journalistic pet peeve

Discussion in 'Anything goes' started by HandsomeHarley, Jul 7, 2009.

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  1. RickStain

    RickStain Well-Known Member

    Generally, a noun that comes from a verb+preposition construction will be hyphenated until it becomes so widely used that it is easily recognizable as one word. Walk-on apparently hasn't reached that standard.
     
    RickStain, Jul 8, 2009
    #13
  2. zagoshe

    zagoshe Well-Known Member

    Is it supposed to be time out or timeout?

    Just asking because I've seen it both ways.

    As for mine -- using "over" or "under" when you mean "more than" or "less than"
     
    zagoshe, Jul 8, 2009
    #14
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