#hyphens

[sspacegodd]

#grammar #spelling #etymological #hyphens #irony

[ailurinae]

Anyone know articles or videos or just have some ability to infodump in the reblogs about hyphens and the (seeming?) decline of hyphenated words in English?

Like there are some really obvious ones like "e-mail" becoming "email". Indeed most e-anything dropped the hyphen. That seems like it could just be society becoming more familiar with it, and using the word more often and dropping it to save a keystroke. But it seems to me that I am always having to tell my spellchecker to accept non-hyphenated versions of compound words, because the hyphenated version just does not look right. This post was spurred by the FF spellchecker claiming it should be "re-implemented" not "reimplemented". As a computer person, the hyphenated version looks absurd.

Of course spellchecker dictionaries aren't always the best, but on occasion if you look it up Merriam-Webster.com or whatever you will find the same sort of thing. Not for "reimplemented" of course you just get the base word "implement" but I have seen other cases where they give a hyphenated version not the unhyphenated.

And, if you look at like newspapers from like, the 30s or something, it seems like you see hyphens all over the place. Like sometimes they hyphenate "to-day" and I don't mean just for a line break. What's up with that?

This is good and all, and talks about familiarity, but is it just that that is driving it? And familiarity wouldn't seem to be the case for weird stuff like sometimes hyphenating "to-day". Especially since it seems like they didn't always do it.

#language #linguistics #hyphens #hyphen #hyphenated words #language change #my posts

[feminist-space]

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Link here: https://x.com/merriamwebster/status/1699770142907928649

#words #hyphens

[revengeoftheblogger]

Why does tumblr “remembered tags” (or whatever it would be called) erase dashes?

Any tag I frequently use with dashes/hyphens I have to type manually every time.

#tumblr #tags #dashes #hyphens

[theimpalatales]

Vote and then click below to find out the answer...

Option 1 is correct!

We hyphenate the age (ten-year-old) because the words are all working together to describe the noun 'boy'.

Even if the word boy was removed from the end of the sentence, we'd still hyphenate the age as the noun is implied.

If the sentence read, "Their son was ten years old', we wouldn't use hyphens since the noun here is 'son' and comes before the age descriptor.

#writing #writing advice #writerblr #writers on tumblr #wednesday wisdom #polls #poll #tumblr polls #english language #grammar #learning #hyphens #ages #writing ages #tbe

[catgirl-kaiju]

I think the thing with hyphens is if someone has a url like "the-thing" it would be because "thething" was taken and the hyphenated url is lesser because of it

That's weird. I put a hyphen in mine to make it more readable. What an odd and inconsequential thing to judge blogs for.

#ask #answer #thatsoup #hyphens

[tigerpetalpress]

Punctuation: The Hyphen

Definition: a punctuation mark (-), used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence (as in pick-me-up, rock-forming), to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing or implied element (as in short- and long-term). Note: Do not rely on grammar or spelling checkers to identify missing or…

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#editing #grammar #grammar rules #how to use hyphens #hyphens #hyphens with other punctuation #punctuation #self editing #writing

[dylsexai]

When you need to reach a word count and spell check keeps bothering you. “did you mean ‘ three-hundred-and-twenty-five?’” Nah bro I mean ‘three hundred and twenty five’ as in 5 different words.

#school #word count #academics #hyphens

[legendfinder]

Does anyone have more of these images. I need them

#hyphens #gotta love em

[sucka99]

#xkcd #hyphens #ass-car

[iindigoeyed]

saw this dress and purse and i KNEW i had to draw this, it's so her!!

#ml #marinette dupain-cheng #miraculous ladybug #omg i post art not clickbait?? #Hmm dont think i added enough sparkles..... #i initially wanted it to look like a page from her sketchbook but i got render-happy #I was gonna add tikki but she didnt fit the color palette -_- #indigarts #marinette #forcing myself to draw/write because if i dont i will literally never finish anything #not exaggerating i have over 40 art & fic wips combined #and like... 4 aus in the works? #my hands cant keep up with my brain!!! #Yall bored during hiatus... not me. stay safe tho! #and not to mention that ive been so sick i cant hold a pen most of the time #ok i'll shut up now #edit was no one gonna tell me i put the hyphen in her name wrong.

[buggachat]

Part 115 of my bakery “enemies” au!

never trust a phone thief

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#ml #miraculous ladybug #miraculous #marinette dupain cheng #adrien agreste #adrienette #adrinette #my art #bakery enemies au #actually tumblr has been more and more distinguishing hyphens from spaces #so does that mean i have to stop being lazy and actually tag her #marinette dupain-cheng

[tizmoa]

I adore Soap being so unapologetically Scottish; proud of his home country and of the MacTavish name. Though he’s also deeply in love with Ghost and wants him to reclaim the Riley name, making it more than just a tragedy, making it mean something good again. John Riley, Soap thinks. No, actually, Johnny Riley.

Ghost on the other hand hates his name. Vile. Just like his father. He wants the Riley name gutted from him and buried six feet under. He’s legally dead anyway. If they found a work around with forged documents, it’d make sense for him to take MacTavish. Simon MacTavish, Ghost thinks. Fresh start, clean slate, a new life with the love of his life. Yeah, Simon MacTavish.

#in my head hyphenating isn't an option lol #ghostsoap #soapghost #simon ghost riley #john soap mactavish #call of duty #video games

[treasureplcnet]

bunch of bg3 sketches :)

#real time trainwreck as i booted it up for the first time at jane's place #who had convinced me to romance astarion and then i pulled gale out the stupid rock and he is my everything. #my silly rabbit.... #and tiefling w astarion is in fact jane's tav LOL #some of these are like from when i was just starting i have drawn like nothing else. this has been my life for a month #bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #tav #gale dekarios #who is the guy thats featured most here.. #couples who will hyphen their surnames. LOL #not pictured here is frankie (tav)'s little brother . left alone to my own devices i will spiral out of control giving my ocs siblings #i want to do a run with her brother but considering he'd make virtually the same choices i dont think i can dedicate a playthrough LOL #my art

[ijustdontlikepeople]

-N. Hischier (hyphen edits)

#nico hischier #new jersey devils #nj devils #njd #devs #captain hischier #nh13 #dev13 #big brown eyes #hyphen edits

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

That's the face he makes when he's feeling silly.

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#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #I tried so hard to squeeze in the fact this bar boy was 100% down to take on wwx's surname. #Unfortunately for him...sitting at the table is a man who's biggest dream is to hyphenate his surname with that very same man #though as far as I'm aware taking on your husbands surname is culturally a very different process in this setting #but in modern times I think the surname thing would genuinely be a point of contention for these guys. #wwx of old would hate taking someone else's name. And wwx of 'i want to be an attic wife' future would want nothing less #lwj of 'we are equals and I want to represent that as much as our bond' would argue his point like a law case. #lwj of now has to sit at a table and see someone living his dream and he's too lawful of indiscriminate killing. But he's thinking about it #It's like the relationship between you & your laptop & your cat. lwj is the cat that is *going* to make you pay attention to him. #apologies for soft-skipping an upload yesterday. I had to redo a few comics and it set me back B*(