For a noun or other word that traditionally wouldn’t take a verb form, use a hyphen plus ing to create the verb form if the word ends in a vowel

Descriptivists believe that language should be defined by those who use it; they observe and record, and so “correctness” is an ever-changing notion based on how people are writing and speaking at any given time.

The birth of the modern emoticon, grandparent of the emoji, is widely accepted to be attributed to Scott E. Fahlman, a Carnegie Mellon University professor

Generally, -sized is used to comparatively describe the size of something (e.g., a nickel-sized spider would describe a spider roughly the size of a nickel) and -size to indicate something’s function or utility (e.g., child-size furniture describes furniture meant for the use of children,

“Standard practice in entertainment coverage is never to capitalize a job title except when it starts a sentence. The same goes for every position on a movie set: ‘director Martin Scorsese,’ ‘screenwriter Tina Fey,’ etc.

fandoms derived from a proper name should also be capitalized:

(The appositive comma, to clarify, is a comma that separates a noun from the noun or noun phrase preceding it that further defines it.)

generally use Latino rather than Hispanic when a broader term is necessary.

•When a proper noun is already plural, the usual rule for possessives applies: The Smiths’, Rolling Stones’, the United States’ policies