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Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by swalsh on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:35AM (#8752450)
Those to me seem like a perfectly acceptable use of a hyphen.
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by talideon on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:51AM (#8752553)
'red-head scarf' certainly isn't an acceptable use of a hyphen, unless the scarf is woven from the hair of a red-haired person.
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by scarygliders on Monday December 15, 2014 @11:12AM (#8752664)
I read that as "A scarf that red haired people wear"
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday December 15, 2014 @12:27PM (#8753099)
That would be a legitimate way to parse that phrase, but it's far more likely that this is a typo for "red head-scarf". There isn't a particular kind of scarf worn by red-heads, AFIAK.
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by kefka on Monday December 15, 2014 @12:33PM (#8753129)
Admittedly, I thought of the sexual double-entendre. Muff can make a nice scarf...

But I digress.

Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by ulisesrmzroche on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:36AM (#8752457)
Motorhome is not hyphenated.
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by Pxtl on Monday December 15, 2014 @10:43AM (#8752499)
I blame spellcheck. In many cases the most legible solution is a German-style mashingwordstogether, but spellcheck systems highlight those so people hyphenate instead.

For example, spellcheck has a curly red underline right now. But would it really look better as spell-check?

Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by ulisesrmzroche on Monday December 15, 2014 @05:06PM (#8754747)
Spell check, no hyphen. Easiest way to figure out what needs a hyphen IMO is to google it. Otherwise, just try to avoid hyphenated words, a simpler word will often do.
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by maemilius on Monday December 15, 2014 @11:20AM (#8752706)
I think it would be more grammatically correct to call it "spell-check" or even "spell check" instead of "spellcheck".
Re:Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation by aoloe on Monday December 15, 2014 @11:27AM (#8752750)
Spelling check... you aren't checking spells.

At least, this is what I've been told by a very picky guy...