http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/ Where sentencing won't put you in jail. Fri, 18 Jun 2010 14:05:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-18191 Douglas Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:06:20 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/#comment-18191 Why should we “take up the good fight” for the hyphen in e-mail, if the battle is lost? I’m not even certain the cause is just. While email (or e-mail) means electronic mail, it is not a compound word. It is a contraction. One could make a case for e’mail, I suppose. (Nobody does, of course.) Perhaps the “e-” construction faded because it was not, strictly speaking, standard. William Safire once argued in favor of hyphenated e-mail, but he too predicted that hyphen’s demise. That was at least a decade ago. I agreed with Safire at the time, but came quickly to realize that the world had settled on the shorter word form, and that the world was correct in doing so. And I don’t miss that hyphen, any more than I miss those of to-morrow or to-day. When it comes to email, the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces, hyphen-wise. Why should we “take up the good fight” for the hyphen in e-mail, if the battle is lost? I’m not even certain the cause is just. While email (or e-mail) means electronic mail, it is not a compound word. It is a contraction. One could make a case for e’mail, I suppose. (Nobody does, of course.) Perhaps the “e-” construction faded because it was not, strictly speaking, standard.
William Safire once argued in favor of hyphenated e-mail, but he too predicted that hyphen’s demise. That was at least a decade ago. I agreed with Safire at the time, but came quickly to realize that the world had settled on the shorter word form, and that the world was correct in doing so. And I don’t miss that hyphen, any more than I miss those of to-morrow or to-day. When it comes to email, the hounds of spring are on winter’s traces, hyphen-wise.

]]> http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-15977 Jenny Pilley Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:39:47 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/#comment-15977 Thank you for clarifying this for me. It's something I have been pondering for a while now. It is easy to rely on software to pick up grammar and spelling mistakes but they don't always and 'Web site' is one of these examples. Thank you Cheryl. Thank you for clarifying this for me. It’s something I have been pondering for a while now. It is easy to rely on software to pick up grammar and spelling mistakes but they don’t always and ‘Web site’ is one of these examples. Thank you Cheryl.

]]> http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-15928 Cheryl Norman Fri, 29 May 2009 17:20:17 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/#comment-15928 Jenny, It should be Web site, two words and with a capital W. Internet should be capitalized, too. E-mail should be hyphenated. Unfortunately, you'll see misused and misspelled words all over, not just the Internet. Jenny,
It should be Web site, two words and with a capital W. Internet should be capitalized, too. E-mail should be hyphenated. Unfortunately, you’ll see misused and misspelled words all over, not just the Internet.

]]> http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-15919 Jenny Pilley Fri, 29 May 2009 07:31:26 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/#comment-15919 It is difficult online to know when to use the proper grammar and when to avoid it. With the amount of competition on the web you want to get noticed and sometimes you have to jeopardise you're knowledge of grammar to appear for searches so you can be found. One question you may be able to answer, the word web site, is it web site or website? It is difficult online to know when to use the proper grammar and when to avoid it. With the amount of competition on the web you want to get noticed and sometimes you have to jeopardise you’re knowledge of grammar to appear for searches so you can be found.
One question you may be able to answer, the word web site, is it web site or website?

]]> http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-11079 Gift sets for Newborn Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:28:45 +0000 http://cherylnorman.com/blog/2009/02/07/to-hyphenate-or-not-that-is-the-question/#comment-11079 I never came across on any article on hyphen.. Well I must say its a well written article... I never came across on any article on hyphen.. Well I must say its a well written article…

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