KitKat, the chocolate snack, used to have a hyphen between "Kit" and "Kat," so its official name was once "Kit-Kat." For instance, in late 2023, a Reddit post shared in the Mandela Effect subreddit ...

Is KitKat spelled with a hyphen? You’re not alone if you think so. But despite what you and many others may think, KitKat does not contain a hyphen. KitKat is one of the most popular candy bars in the ...

When you’re writing by hand, a hyphen and a dash can look pretty similar, although the meanings differ. You might throw in a hyphen to link two well-known words or add a dash—for impact, of course.

Growing up, my parents were always very clear about who we were. “Your blood is Chinese, so you will always be Chinese; but your nationality, your passport, is American. You can even run for president ...

It took Herman Melville years of whaling, writing and working to create Moby-Dick, a book that managed to make its way into the American canon despite tepid reviews and miserable initial sales. But ...

People get hyped about hyphens. Hyphens are tricky creatures that can't be summed up in a few words. They are sometimes overused, other times underused. They follow a few rules then haphazardly ignore ...

Hyphen defenders (or is it hyphen-defenders?), take heart. The Associated Press is reversing some of its March 2019 guidance on how we use the wedding band of the punctuation world. “Thanks to input ...