News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Hyphen Hate? When Amazon went to war against punctuation. Parent comment

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?

[ Parent | on HN ]
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.
[ Parent | on HN ]
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".
[ Parent | on HN ]
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...

[ Parent | on HN ]