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Comment by LeAnne Law on March 12, 2009 at 12:58

Marla, I saw that link right after I posted my comment. I'll remember that in the future.

Comment by Marla Sharp on March 12, 2009 at 12:50

"Adverbs, words ending in -ly, are not hyphenated when compounded with other modifiers: a highly rated bank, a partially refunded ticket, publicly held securities."
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/compounds.htm

I would hyphenate "agreed-upon schedule," so I guess you could do "mutually agreed-upon schedule.

To keep this site organized to make it easy for people to refer back to, I'm trying to do categories of discussions. I started a discussion on hyphens, and you can find a link to it in the first section at the top.

Comment by Brenda Rogers on March 12, 2009 at 12:45

LeAnne, you know, I have never hyphenated that. mutually wouldn't be hyphenated because you don't usually hyphenate adverbs. Looking at it, I can see the logic behind hyphenating "agreed upon" but I just don't think I've done it. It's very clear that way, no confusion, no misreading.

How's that for a nonanswer? :)

LeAnne, are you coming up to Portland for Mark K's seminar on the 21st? I've regisitered for it.

Comment by LeAnne Law on March 12, 2009 at 12:37

Should mutually agreed upon schedule be hyphenated? If so, all of it, or just agreed-upon?

Comment by Marla Sharp on March 11, 2009 at 13:09

Stacy, I agree with Brenda. If one of those nouns before "work" was an adjective, I'd hyphenate it. I would definitely hyphenate "assembly line-type work." I started a discussion on hyphens and included some great links to sites explaining when to use hyphens. It's permanently linked in the list above, titled "Hyphens." I find this site particularly helpful: http://www.mtdaily.com/mt1/hyphens.html

Comment by Brenda Rogers on March 11, 2009 at 12:08

I feel that "assembly line" is a compound term, like "high school," and doesn't require hyphenation. I would use the hyphen only for assembly line-type work.

Comment by Stacy Tegner on March 11, 2009 at 12:02

Hyphen?? assembly line work, assembly line type work, assembly line position???

Comment by Brenda Rogers on March 6, 2009 at 17:56

Leave it as is.

Comment by kathy - iamwrdsmth on March 6, 2009 at 14:09

and one more question on objections:

the main concensus here was a period after the word objection.

Objection. Relevance.

but what if they say:

Objection as to relevance.

now what do I do?? period or comma??
thanks, kathy

Comment by Christi on March 6, 2009 at 13:57

I use a comma when it's a sentence, semi when it's a question. Though I must say all the reporters I proof for use commas in the question, too. I leave it for them, but when I'm the reporter, it's a semi. :)

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