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MISCELLANEOUS USAGE
(1) Robbery vs. burglary. They are NOT the same, despite the Associate Press's
overboad definition. Robbery means taking by force or threat of force.
Burglary is usually for entry, for theft.
(2) Bus vs. buss. With two ss's, it's kissing.
(3) Compound modifiers are hyphenated when their meaning would be unclear
without the hyphen: The health-care reform proposal ...
BUT, do NOT hyphenate the modifiers that end in"ly": The highly motivated
student ...
(4) When using quotes,
(1) Robbery vs. burglary. They are NOT the same, despite the Associate Press's
overboad definition. Robbery means taking by force or threat of force.
Burglary is usually for entry, for theft.
(2) Bus vs. buss. With two ss's, it's kissing.
(3) Compound modifiers are hyphenated when their meaning would be unclear
without the hyphen: The health-care reform proposal ...
BUT, do NOT hyphenate the modifiers that end in"ly": The highly motivated
student ...
(4) When using quotes,