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I don’t know whether this ever happened to you: Even as a professional blogger about better communication, I have been stumped sometimes by hyphenation.

I have written a blog post every single day since I launched Kirk Mahoney . com on 17 October 2007, so I know what it is like to write under daily pressure.

I have another confession: I do not have time for random searches about hyphenation rules, and I suspect that you do not have the time either.

But here is the kicker: There have been no good books specifically about hyphenation rules!

Oh, sure. There have been books about grammar and punctuation that include a brief discussion — maybe even a chapter — about hyphens and hyphenation.

But nobody has bothered to create a complete book about hyphens and hyphenation mistakes.

Until now!

Introducing …

Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens

I created Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens for people like you and me.

Frankly, I did this for a selfish reason.

The reason why I wrote this book is because I wanted this information all in one place for my own reference.

And now you can benefit from my work, too.

Unlike the information about hyphenation that is scattered across the Web in millions of places, Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens gives you everything that you need — all in one place.

… at a crazy-low price …

When I asked readers like you what to charge for the book, the consensus hovered around $19.97.

But I am not charging anywhere near what this book is worth.

In fact, I am giving away this book at absolutely no charge.

And you may be wondering why I would give you one of my products at no charge.

What you will find on this page is the opportunity to get Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens at absolutely no charge.

I could easily charge $19.97 for this book, and I am willing to give it to you at absolutely no charge as soon as you request it.

And in case you are wondering why I want to do that …

Well, you know, there is something called “building a relationship”, and that is what I want to do.

I want to build a relationship with you.

I believe so much in my products that I want to give one of them to you at no charge.

And I am going to be perfectly honest with you.

I think that you are going to enjoy this product so much that you are going to decide to maybe be a customer of some of my other products in the future.

And that is my reason!

So read the rest of this Web page and submit your request, and I will send the book out to you right away!

… but not for everyone!

So I am offering Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens here today at no charge to you.

But note: This is not your grandfather’s grammar book!

Instead, it is a fun, easy-to-read book that is full of mistakes.

Oops, that did not come out right!

What I mean is: Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens uses mistakes to teach hyphenation rules.

If you are looking for some sort of sophisticated treatise on the linguistic nature of hyphenation, then you should not request this book.

But …

• If you are looking for a practical, down-to-earth guide to common mistakes made with hyphens, then get this book.
• If you want a book that actually has a table of contents and an index (Don’t get me started on books that lack these!), then get this book.
• If you need a book that quickly answers your hyphenation questions (Who wants to spend time digging for help?), then get this book.

And isn’t working more efficiently what you really want?

What do YOU really want?

Personally, I much prefer to sit by my pool than to be stuck in my home office. Even if I am blogging while sitting by the pool — which is not a bad way to work! — I do not want to waste time at my laptop that I can spend in the pool.

Seriously, what do you want from a book like this? Wouldn’t you say that your ultimate goals are mistake-free hyphenation and more free time?

So you might be wondering whether this is a serious book. In a sense, it is. I take seriously everything that I write, and I put a lot of work into this book.

I mean, you do not earn a Ph.D. — no matter the field (and mine is in biomathematics, not English) — without taking what you write seriously.

But I refused to write a pedantic tome about hyphenation.

Instead, I wrote Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens in the same style that I write my daily blog at Kirk Mahoney . com — with thoroughness balanced by simplicity and lightheartedness.

This thing kept growing!

May I tell you a secret? I had no idea that I would identify nineteen common mistakes when I began my research.

I expected to find maybe seven or eight common mistakes, so my initial plan was to write a long article for my website.

But the list of common mistakes kept growing!

Once I was sure that I had identified all common mistakes that people make with hyphens, I had to reorganize the mistakes into a sequence that would make sense to people like you and me.

And when I told my wife, who is a grammar buff, that I had identified nineteen common mistakes, she was astounded that I had found this many different types of mistakes.

But I was confident in my research — and “List Man” is her pet name for me — so I knew that I had written a book that covered the bases (all nineteen of them, which certainly makes for an unusual baseball diamond!).

And now you have an opportunity to benefit from all my hard work at a price that could make even a shoplifter blush.

This might not be what you expect.

One more confession: This book is not long, and it is not delivered in a physical form.

No — and some Internet marketing gurus say that I am crazy to admit this! — it is only twenty-five pages long, and I deliver it to you digitally (as a PDF file).

But let me ask you some questions:

1. If you desperately wanted someone’s telephone number, and someone else gave that number to you on an oil-stained napkin, would you really care?
2. If you what you really need is actionable information, do you have time to sift through a book whose pages are padded with fluff just to make you feel that you are getting a good deal?
3. If, like me, you have built your career around writing at a desktop or laptop computer, then how practical is it for you to lug around yet another heavy, dust-collecting, tree-killing hardback or paperback?

I am not saying that Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens has oil stains in it. The best that I might be able to give you is a simulated stain from a coffee cup! What I am saying is that I formatted this book cleanly but simply, with no expensive overhead for fancy typesetting. My focus is on the content and presenting the content in an easy-to-access format, not on lots of typographic flourishes that mean nothing to how well you and I go about the business of writing.

I am not saying that Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens is a bare-bones book, either. To the contrary! I made sure that I included multiple examples of each of the nineteen common mistakes — but not padded with fluff just to make the book look bigger.

And I am not saying that there is not a place for physical books. Like so many of my blog readers, I love physical books. But let’s face it: Digitally delivered books have their place, and this is one such book.

• You can put it on your desktop computer.
• You can put it on your laptop computer … and take your laptop to the pool!
• And you can even try to convert it into the proprietary file format for your Amazon Kindle, if you know how to do that (but I have to admit that it will not look as good as the special Kindle version that I am creating now).

This is a reference book, so “Keep it handy.” translates to “Put it on your computer.”, right?

Besides, if you have traveled as much as I have, if not more, then you know the pain of lugging books in your carry-on luggage, as well as the pain of having to decide what to take and what to jettison. (Don’t you just love those luggage-weight fees from the airlines?)

Am I crazy?

Again, some Internet marketers say that I am crazy to admit this, but if you are going to achieve the outcome that you know that you want — no matter how it looks and feels to you — then you need a book that is digitally delivered, is not padded with extraneous content, and is not overloaded with fancy formatting.

In other words, you need a book “that just works!” — and that is what I have created with Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens.

And as they say on TV, “But wait! There’s more!”

Examples from Nineteen Common Mistakes … with Hyphens

Bonus #1 is a five-page report containing an alphabetized list of the examples of mistakes, as well as their solutions, drawn from Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens. To save you time — and who has extra time anymore? — I tagged each example with the number of the page in the book where the example and solution appear.

I created this bonus as a separate report instead of including it in the book because I envisaged it as a “cheat sheet” that you will want to keep super-handy. Once you have read the book, you should find that this report is usually all that you need for a reminder about what to do.

You will get this $4.97 report at no charge, too, as soon as you get Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens.

Oh, and I know what you are thinking: “Who gives away a bonus with a no-charge product?”

Well, I do!

And yes, I am willing to go against what everyone else is doing on the Web.

You probably already feel that way, too, or you would not be one of my readers — someone who, like me, clearly cares about better communication and is willing to go against the crowd of English-language abusers.

Words to Profits

Bonus #2 is Words to Profits, a book that shows you how to profit from the true power of words. Whether we like it or not, we all sell, and this book tells you how to sell with one of the most powerful tools in your sales arsenal — your words. But guess what? I did not author this book — and because I am all about sharing the truth — I should tell you that this book does contain some hyphenation mistakes.

But this actionable, 32-page book — which has been sold for $27 — was written well, so I obtained the right to give it to you as a special bonus.

What is the catch?

You will get bonus #2 for a simple little act. All you have to do is tell me what you would pay for the Amazon Kindle version of Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens, and you will get Words to Profits as my thank-you.

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How to Succeed as an Article Writer

Bonus #3 is How to Succeed as an Article Writer. This book shows you exactly how to turn your passion for writing — or your hobby — into a part-time or full-time career as an article writer. I have to admit that I did not author this book, either, but I spent several hours formatting and editing it heavily to bring it up to the standards to which you are accustomed at Kirk Mahoney . com. (Note, though, that I did leave some misspellings and non-American-English spellings in place within the original articles that appear in the book to illustrate the book’s lessons.)

I want you to have my edited version of this book — which has sold elsewhere for $24.97 and is nearly 300 pages long — because it will open your eyes to the fact that writing articles for your local newspaper, for magazines, and for the Internet can provide you with a substantial income and increase your notoriety as an author. And this book teaches you in a step-by-step way how to succeed as an article writer.

You will get bonus #3 for another simple act. Just give me a testimonial for Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens, and I will thank you with a copy of How to Succeed as an Article Writer.

What YOU must do now …

This could become a limited-time opportunity, so you must place your request now, if you want Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens and all three bonuses at absolutely no charge.

Why might this opportunity go away?

Well, once I create and start to sell a Kindle version of Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens, I might find that it no longer makes sense to give away the PDF version here.

In other words, if you want in, you will have to act now.

In a hurry? Scroll to the bottom of this page now!

Just to confirm …

If you are reading this now, you can get the book and all three bonuses at no charge.

You can download the book and bonus #1 only seconds from now, learn the nineteen common mistakes that people make with hyphens, and have an unfair advantage over other writers who are wasting time looking for this same information.

P.S. Get INSTANT access before I come to my senses. This could be your only chance to put your hands on Nineteen Common Mistakes that People Make with Hyphens — and all three bonuses — for no payments.

Add them all together, and that is a $76.91 value!

You might never have this opportunity again because nobody else has identified this many types of hyphenation mistakes … and I could decide at any time to stop giving away this book or any or all of the three bonuses.

Get the book and first bonus now, before it’s too late:

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