[Forum] RE: Predicative adjectivees

No hyphens unless you find the adjective hyphenated in a dictionary. For example: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/in-depth http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/thought-out http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/well-read http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ill-inf

[Forum] RE: the be-all-and-end-all solution

Please check [i]Merriam-Webster Dictionary[/i]: [url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20all]https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/be%20all[/url] It's a noun phrase. [quote]He acts as if making money is the be-all and end-all of human existence.[/quote] You might have to re

[Forum] Dictionary selection

I need to select a dictionary as the go to source for definitions for a project I'm working on. CMOS recommends Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary -- anyone have an opinion? Thanks.

[Forum] Which dictionary do you prefer?

Hi all, I often work away from my home office, and cannot lug around large dictionaries to coffeeshops, etc. I would like to pick a dictionary that is accessible online that I can associate permanently with my house stylebook. Does Chicago recommend a specific dictionary? Can any of you recomme

[Forum] RE: Homeownership vs. home ownership

That interesting, Cheech, because in my version, M-W Unabridged says the citation format for this entry is from Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. American Heritage Dictionary, fourth edition, does list "homeownership" as a variation of "homeowner." Dictionary.com and Collins

[Forum] RE: Verb or adjective?

I don't diagram sentences. Are you saying that you want to know what part of speech the word "empowering" is? According to MW, "our" is an adjective. http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/our The "to" is 7 a —used as a function word (1) to indicate the application of an adjective or

[Forum] RE: due to

They all look fine to me. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/due and http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/due+to

[Forum] RE: fathers

I subscribe online. That gives you access to the M-W Collegiate, Unabridged, Collegiate Thesaurus, Concise Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, Spanish-English Dictionary, and French-English Dictionary, so it's a good deal (even if you just use one or two of these).

[Forum] RE: mass nouns

[quote='DianeWalters' pid='19852' dateline='1408480465'] Macmillion Dictionary tells that as well. They say it is singular and uncountable. http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/convergence [/quote] That's another British dictionary, I think.

[Forum] RE: Hyphens — Again!

Grumps, this is a question for the dictionary, not CMOS. If these words aren't hyphenated in the dictionary, they shouldn't be hyphenated unless they precede the noun they modify. If they're hyphenated in the dictionary, they should be hyphenated regardless.