Fwd: Hyphens: Death-Knell. Or Death Knell (NY Times)

[Barnhart]

American Dialect Society <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU> writes:
>People are
>>not confident about using hyphens anymore


>From the Thorndike-Barnhart Comprehensive Desk Dictionary (c. 1951), the
long usage note at _hyphen_ quotes John Benbow (author of _Manuscript and
Proof_, the style book of OUP-NY):

"If you take hyphens seriously you will surely go mad."

Regards,
David

Barnhart at highlands.com

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