[bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for.
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2009 10:18:29 -0800
I would think part of that may be due to how SF and sci-fi tend to be
distinguished. If the terms were more interchangable I would expect
sci-fi to be the dominant word by this point. But"science fiction"
has maintained a separate identity.
On 8/1/09, Mike <mlsestak@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
>>
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>> More 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
>> >
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