Oct 28th
Hyphenation of Adverbs Ending in LY
- Posted in Conan The Grammarian, Dear Conan, English, punctuation, usage
- Comments 1
If a two-word descriptive has a first word that ends in ly, isn’t the hyphen automatically eliminated?
Example: Selling privately owned businesses nationwide.
I remember this as an AP rule but do not know if it is a general grammar rule.
~Midge
Dear Midge,
This brings a tear of joy to my eye. Anyone who internalizes obscure grammar rules like the one above is a true hero of the people in my book. Keep up the good work.
Your ally in correctness,
Conan

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