[Forum] Twentieth-century America

Another hyphen question: "twentieth century America" needs to be "twentieth-century America," right? I know that we don't hyphenate when there is an -ly adverb ("happily married couple"), but just wondered if there were any other exceptions, like maybe ordinals. Okay, time for more coff

[Forum] mid

Is it "mid twentieth century," "mid-twentieth century" or "midtwentieth century"?

[Forum] RE: hyphens

What about late nineteenth to early twentieth centuries?

[Forum] RE: Twentieth-century America

Your bass ackwardness saved me time, so thank you!

[Forum] RE: Twentieth-century America

Hahaha! You beat me, Tut -- although I was in this thread back in 2013, so maybe not. :D

[Forum] RE: Twentieth-century America

LOL! It's early. It's Monday. Bass ackwardness (no hyphen) goes with the territory. :D

[Forum] RE: Idiom Origin

A "spot of" anything seems very early-twentieth-century British to me. For a fantasy novel set in the 1400s, it seems anachronistic . . .

[Forum] RE: Twentieth-century America

Oh, I would've thought that would be redundant but I guess not. Thanks for the correction and gentle suggestion. Also thanks for that PDF link. Very helpful.

[Forum] XX century or twentieth/20th century

is XX century used in En or just twentieth/20th century? Thanks!

[Forum] RE: XX century or twentieth/20th century

I've only seen the latter two. Perhaps Century XX could be used in some very special contexts, but aside from a cheesy movie title or something, it's hard to think of when that might be the case. Welcome to the forum!