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| incorrect, although major dictionaries and usage manuals do not yet accept it.... |
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| formal contexts many readers will regard it as ungrammatical. You can check a dictionary for advice on... |
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| , and in fact is sometimes the more elegant choice when followed by a clause. Various dictionaries ... |
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| Merriam-Webster, “kinds of” takes a plural if the relevant noun is countable. (Dictionaries are good for this kind of question.)... |
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| . For example: The dictionary not only provides detailed definitions of words, it also has some great... |
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| that you use a dictionary. Since Merriam-Webster lists “health care” (two words) first (“healthcare... |
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| individual entries for a whole bunch of compounds that in earlier versions of its dictionaries—both the... dictionary entries) common usage. For example, if you consult a first printing of the Collegiate (11th ed...is awkward without one, despite what the dictionary might have. Meanwhile, Merriam-Webster can... |
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| Collegiate Dictionary. Those do look like en dashes, but they are presented that way for maximum...hyphens. This matters a bit less in the online version of the dictionary, where suggested word... |
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| can also check usages like this in a good dictionary.)... |
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| word “hopefully”—is that true? A. Your sentence is fine (check any good dictionary). Some... |
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