Fowler’s, Strunk & White, Garner’s, the Chicago Manual of Style. Nothing you would have heard of.
But you stick to that Blue Book, gunner. Even if you don’t ever make it through law school you’ll be perfectly prepped to sell used cars.
p.s. “pet-peeve”? Really? You should have used yourself as a reference in Post #13 when you left out the unnecessary hyphen. Any other unsettling tics you want to let your Uncle Whitey know about?
Beautiful. Which of those stylebooks forbids me from using a hyphen in the manner I chose? Direct citation, please, I have them all on my desk.