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Re:How to Write a Spelling Corrector by mack73 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @02:48PM (#12456026)
Sir, btw, I need a rule that I can use intuitively when deciding on wether to concatenate two words and when to put a dash between them. Do you have one?
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Re:How to Write a Spelling Corrector by kragen on Thursday September 08, 2016 @05:18PM (#12457431)
Sir, it depends entirely on how widely used the compound word in question is. Hyphenated compounds that become sufficiently familiar lose their hyphen.
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