But then, science-fiction was originally hyphenated, but became science fiction not sciencefiction (thankfully).
Misha Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote:
I read an article a while back that purported that when a word is coined by hyhyphenating two previous words, those hyphens tend to be lost as the new word becomes more and common. An example is base-ball that became baseball. Ththe article pointed out that this happened especially fast to e-mail that became email."If you tremble with indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine." Che Guevara The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com/txtindex.shtml <http://wwww.themilitant.com>Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.comGranma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html _ table with 2 columns and 6 rowsSubj: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for. Date: 7/31/2009 9:19:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time From: thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table endMore and more books are writing hyphenated words as one word so we will run into this as it appears in print books. Writing without hyphens is preferred useage in some circles and is in dictionaries more and more. Removing hyphens means our synthesizers do pronounce those two part words incorrectly in some instances. Elizabeth At 08:43 PM 7/31/2009, you wrote: >Hi Mayrie, >>I guess I have become used to seeing this in the books I read for pleasure, >because it no longer bugs me. It would bug me more if hyphenated words were>written as one united word, for instance goodlooking. Just my thought. > >Sue S. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 6:08 PM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A proofreading problem to watch out for. > > >Hi Everyone, > >A very diligent volunteer pointed out a problem to me with many >books in the bookshare collection. Very often, words that should be>hyphenated "good-looking" or "high-fashion" have a space after the hyphen so>that the word appears as two words with the first followed by a hyphen >followed by a space. Proofreaders who use braille or who read with their >eyes are much less likely to miss reuniting these hyphenated words. I >confess that I too have been missing this problem. Groan! There is not a>find and replace that works with this because, very often, other punctuation >marks scan as hyphens and need to be altered. So, I suggest, after reading>through a book that you are proofreading, that you do a find on hyphen >followed by a space. Check each instance of this and either correct the>improper punctuation, or unite the hyphenated word. It doesn't really take>very long to do, and makes for a much cleaner copy of a book. > >Just thought I'd bring this up, since it is not a problem pointed >out by spell checkers, only grammar checkers, and is not apparent when >proofreading using only speech unless you have all of your punctuation >turned on. > >Happy proofreading! And sorry there isn't a good way to do a global find >and replace! > >Read on! > >Mayrie > > > 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. > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 8.5.392 / Virus Database: 270.13.38/2274 - Release Date: 07/31/09 >05:58:00 > > > 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.> > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 4295 (20090731) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > >http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.**************A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd=JulystepsfooterNO115)
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