Shades: Spelling and Grammar Guru needed

[_Jersey Girl]

How are these word written correctly?

grandchildren
grand-children

great grandmother
(using her first name with that in a sentence)

As in: Jersey Girl was my great grandmother.

I think my brain has finally reached the deep fried stage.

;-)

[_Mister Scratch]

How are these word written correctly?

grandchildren
grand-children

great grandmother
(using her first name with that in a sentence)

As in: Jersey Girl was my great grandmother.

I think my brain has finally reached the deep fried stage.

;-)

JG--- I believe that it should be "great-grandmother." If you leave out the hyphen, it opens the phrase up to alternative interpretations, esp. the misreading that the phrase is describing a grandmother who is "great." (Which may very well be the case, but I don't think that's what you were trying to convey.) As for the first question, I believe the first example ("grandchildren") is the correct one. The hyphenated version just looks odd to me, and I can't recall having ever seen it in print before.

[_Jersey Girl]

How are these word written correctly?

grandchildren
grand-children

great grandmother
(using her first name with that in a sentence)

As in: Jersey Girl was my great grandmother.

I think my brain has finally reached the deep fried stage.

;-)

JG--- I believe that it should be "great-grandmother." If you leave out the hyphen, it opens the phrase up to alternative interpretations, esp. the misreading that the phrase is describing a grandmother who is "great." (Which may very well be the case, but I don't think that's what you were trying to convey.) As for the first question, I believe the first example ("grandchildren") is the correct one. The hyphenated version just looks odd to me, and I can't recall having ever seen it in print before.

When I looked briefly at dictionary.com it was like this:

great grandmother
grand-children

Geez, i really am fried on this. Thanks for your reply.

[_Mister Scratch]

How are these word written correctly?

grandchildren
grand-children

great grandmother
(using her first name with that in a sentence)

As in: Jersey Girl was my great grandmother.

I think my brain has finally reached the deep fried stage.

;-)

JG--- I believe that it should be "great-grandmother." If you leave out the hyphen, it opens the phrase up to alternative interpretations, esp. the misreading that the phrase is describing a grandmother who is "great." (Which may very well be the case, but I don't think that's what you were trying to convey.) As for the first question, I believe the first example ("grandchildren") is the correct one. The hyphenated version just looks odd to me, and I can't recall having ever seen it in print before.

When I looked briefly at dictionary.com it was like this:

great grandmother
grand-children

Geez, I really am fried on this. Thanks for your reply.

Hmm. Well, I definitely disagree with dictionary.com with regards to "great grandmother," for the reason I already mentioned. Context might help clarify, but again, in the sentence example you provided in your OP, the ambiguity is still there. (Obviously, "grand children" would suffer from the same interpretive ambiguity as "great grandmother," and yet they provided a hyphen for "grand-children.")

[_Dr. Shades]

Mister Scratch is correct.

[_Jersey Girl]

Thank you Scratch and Shades, I appreciate it!

[_Mister Scratch]

Thank you Scratch and Shades, I appreciate it!

No problem. And, if you've just become a "great-grandmother," then congratulations.

[_Jersey Girl]

Thank you Scratch and Shades, I appreciate it!

No problem. And, if you've just become a "great-grandmother," then congratulations.

What? I oughtta smack you! No, I'm writing a family history journal.

[_Mister Scratch]

Thank you Scratch and Shades, I appreciate it!

No problem. And, if you've just become a "great-grandmother," then congratulations.

What? I oughtta smack you! No, I'm writing a family history journal.

Didn't mean to be presumptuous. Sorry if I insulted you.