The death of proper grammar (meaning, sentence, examples, paragraph)

[bg7]

Originally Posted by Lovehound

What nerd types are proper nouns?

What has that got to do with proper hyphen use?

[Copanut]

Originally Posted by Lovehound

Telephone directory, right?

Wait, your picture isn't on the wall at the post office, is it?

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by bg7

The hyphen use is correct. It distinguishes from other types of nerd.

It follows the "no-noun, no-hyphen" rule. That means that if there is no noun following, such as "rule" in the last sentence, there is no hyphen.

[Willamette City]

Originally Posted by Lovehound

Thank you for your pedantic comment. I like the sentence the way I wrote it. YMMV

I tend to read it in a breathless manner, kind of rushed a bit.

[bg7]

Originally Posted by Mightyqueen801

It follows the "no-noun, no-hyphen" rule. That means that if there is no noun following, such as "rule" in the last sentence, there is no hyphen.

Hyphen-nerd.

[steiconi]

Originally Posted by bg7

Hyphen-nerd.

not to be confused with a hyphen-nazi

[P47P47]

John Wayne had something to say about the hyphen, but it wasn't really a matter of punctuation.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6N4zKM2cZs

[Gerania]

Originally Posted by bg7

Hyphen-nerd.

I checked soft serve tonight. I thought it might have a hyphen. Nope.

[Happy in Wyoming]

Originally Posted by Gerania

I checked soft serve tonight. I thought it might have a hyphen. Nope.

It should have.

[CA4Now]

I'm still reading errors such as this in print media: "I am not him."