documentate!!

[Wilson Gray]

On Mar 28, 2005, at 5:10 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> Me too. Or "me three" as the case may be.  (Not in OED but undoubtedly
> ancient.)
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> Especially pernicious are hyphens within multipart verbs, e.g. "I
> thought I'd freak-out" or "Time to hit-the-sack."
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> JL
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Speaking of hitting the fart sack, don't forget to log-off before you
do, Jon.

-Wilson

> Wilson Gray <wilson.gray at RCN.COM> wrote:
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> On Mar 28, 2005, at 2:03 PM, Barbara Need wrote:
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>>> I just got back the copy edited version of a book I'm writing in
>>> which the
>>> copyeditor decided that my use of "in a solicitation to murder case"
>>> should
>>> be changed into a verbal expression, "to solicitate a murder."
>>> Obviously I'm
>>> objecitating to this monstrous change. But maybe that's they way the
>>> -ate
>>> movement is going these days.
>>>
>>> Roger Shuy
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>> Would like it better with hyphens: "in a solicitation-to-murder case"?
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>> Barbara
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> I agree with you, Barb. Unfortunately, I'm afraid that the hyphen is
> going the way of the dinosaur. Except, of-course, in those environments
> in which we would-never-use one.
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> -Wilson
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