Re:Long S
by redmorphium on Thursday December 05, 2019 @02:57AM
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Should be "backs" because long-s isn't used if it's the end of the word.
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Re:Long S
by CGamesPlay on Thursday December 05, 2019 @03:23AM
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> Before a hyphen at the end of the line a long ſ must always be used, for example Shaftſ-bury.
That's when hyphenating a word, not between different words linked by hyphens.
That's exactly what a hyphenated word is.
Re:Long S
by monadgonad on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:20AM
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No. "Hyphenating a word" here means when a whole word is split by a hyphen to continue on the next line of a justified column of text. In that case only, a long s is used before the hyphen.