Collins Spanish Dictionary 8th edition published in 2005 Â© William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1971, 1988 Â© HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005.ollins Spanish Dictionary 8th edition published in 2005 Â© William Collins Sons & Co Ltd 1971, 1988 Â© HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005.
If you read enough, you develop a sort of sixth sense that tells you that most pros would have put a hyphen in all-time.. That's because punctuation rules say to use a hyphen to join two words that together modify a third word any time it can aid comprehension and readability. That's a tiny matter, of course. But little things add up. Here's another: The foreclosure process contains 3 stages.. This sentence is technically fine.
It is quite common to see a hyphen used in place of dashes (usually because it is simply faster and easier to type), but this should be avoided, especially for em dashes. Using hyphens for too many purposes can result in a very confusing sentence. However, if you do use hyphens instead of em dashes (for instance, if you are using a typewriter and cannot form an em dash), just use two hyphens in a row, as in: