hyphenation

Do You Hyphenate Twentieth Century?

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Do You Hyphenate Twentieth Century? Do you hyphenate twentieth century? twentieth-century How do you write twentieth century? Centuries aren’t normally capitalized. Some publications spell out centuries (e.g., twentieth century), while others use numerals (e.g., 20th century) for centuries after the tenth. It’s a matter of preference, so neither is inherently right or wrong. Should 21st

Does 19th Century Need A Hyphen?

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Does 19th Century Need A Hyphen? Does 19th century need a hyphen? twenty-first century the eighth and ninth centuries from the ninth to the eleventh century the eighteen hundreds (the nineteenth century)… hyphens may not be necessary. The expressions late nineteenth-century literature and early twentieth… Does 19th century have a hyphen? Using the wrong label