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Don't forget the misuse of hyphens in adverbs such as "beautifully-written article, Rheaux!". Whereas they may be disappearing from "no-one" and "base-ball", they are merely being teleported to a new destination in adverbial phrases.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 03:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
Don't forget the misuse of hyphens in adverbs such as "beautifully-written article, Rheaux!". Whereas they may be disappearing from "no-one" and "base-ball", they are merely being teleported to a new destination in adverbial phrases.... [[User:Hayford Peirce|Hayford Peirce]] 03:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)


:I wonder if you agree with all my examples. For, while I would not put a hyphen in 'beautifully written article', I might be tempted if 'well' were substituted. And I'm saying here that one should indeed have a hyphen in 'long-recognised truth', but then 'long', too, is in that phrase an adverb. I'm tempted to say that the '-ly' ending makes the difference. How do you analyse this? [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 09:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
:I wonder if you agree with all my examples. For while I would not put a hyphen in 'beautifully written article', I might be tempted if 'well' were substituted. And I'm saying here that one should indeed have a hyphen in 'long-recognised truth', but then 'long', too, is in that phrase an adverb. I'm tempted to say that the '-ly' ending makes the difference. How do you analyse this? [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 09:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

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And, finally, my 1990s essay on the hyphen: too clapped out to format it for now... Ro Thorpe 21:51, 3 December 2008 (UTC) - Oh, whither User:John Dvorak?

At least the New-York Historical Society is still keeping the faith. Bruce M.Tindall 00:01, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Good for them, nice & quaint. Thanks for the article: as you can see, it's email for me! Ro Thorpe 01:21, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

adverbs (second time I'm trying this tonight, maybe forgot to Save)

Don't forget the misuse of hyphens in adverbs such as "beautifully-written article, Rheaux!". Whereas they may be disappearing from "no-one" and "base-ball", they are merely being teleported to a new destination in adverbial phrases.... Hayford Peirce 03:57, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

I wonder if you agree with all my examples. For while I would not put a hyphen in 'beautifully written article', I might be tempted if 'well' were substituted. And I'm saying here that one should indeed have a hyphen in 'long-recognised truth', but then 'long', too, is in that phrase an adverb. I'm tempted to say that the '-ly' ending makes the difference. How do you analyse this? Ro Thorpe 09:08, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
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