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.
Hyphens Between Words. Rule 1. Generally, hyphenate two or more words when they come before a noun they modify and act as a single idea. This is called a compound adjective. Examples: an off-campus apartment state-of-the-art design. When a compound adjective follows a noun, a hyphen may or may not be necessary.