Yep, I've seen email as e-mail. On 4/13/12, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > interesting, Roger. I'm glad you remembered the gist of the article, even if > not the source. > > > Cindy > Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! > > TinyURL.com/752cyrs > > > > > > >>________________________________ >> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Sent: Friday, April 13, 2012 9:31 AM >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: an example of words that once were hyphenated >> and are not now >> >> >>I read an article once about disappearing hyphens. I am sorry that I cannot >> direct you to the article, but I don't remember where I read it, just the >> article. It said that when a new word is invented by combining two words >> it is always hyphenated and it has only a limited time as a hyphenated >> word. It seems to last as long as the word is not all that common. Once it >> becomes part of everyday conversation the hyphen disappears. An example >> that was given was base-ball. When the game was invented it was named with >> a hyphen and if you look at the early literature concerning it you will >> see the hyphen every time it is mentioned. The game became popular, >> though, and the word became popular too, so now you never see baseball >> spelled with a hyphen. Another example that was given was e-mail. It very >> rapidly lost the hyphen. >> >>On 4/12/2012 11:17 PM, Cindy wrote: >> The book I'm proofing now, first printed n 1992, has recrossed (the >> Potomac) as one word; in years passed it would have been hyphenated: >> re-crossed. My spell-checker identifies "recrossed" as an error. That's >> an example of why I like to proof with a print book at hand. smile >>> >>> >>>Cindy >>>Join us in celebrating our 10th Anniversary! >>> >>>TinyURL.com/752cyrs >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- Currently Reading: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan and Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.