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- orthography - reestablish vs. re-establish - English Language Usage . . .
English fiction: reestablish is preferred Another benchmark that can be used to gauge usage is Google Trends which examines web searches (along with other criteria) The AmE trend comparison for reestablish vs re-establish (and reestablished vs re-established) further confirms that the hyphen-less variants are the ones preferred
- Should the prefix re be added to a word with or without a hyphen?
There are two tests for deciding: First, which way do most of your colleagues do it, reparameterized or re-parameterized? Generally, it's standard operating procedure (SOP) to imitate your peers and colleagues because that's what they expect to see Second, will the version without the hyphen cause confusion or force the reader to waste time by having to look at the word a second time? If the
- orthography - Whats the standard rule for the use of hyphens and . . .
Different publications have different style guides, and so have different ways of spelling words The New Yorker has one of the most idiosyncratic, which differs markedly from most mainstream publications The "New Yorker" style is characterized by long, periodic sentences, archaic, overprecise spellings (focusses instead of focuses, for example) and the ubiquitous diaeresis Given the usually
- hyphenation - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Some compound words are written without hyphens (nonaggression, nonbeliever), some with hyphens (well-intentioned), and others with spaces (post office) Is there a rule or good guide as to which
- word usage - Difference between moreover and furthermore . . .
Here's an interesting old explanation I've found (just removed some obsoletely used commas and added emphasis where it seemed useful): The difference between words, esteemed synonymous (p 73 Trusler, John, 1735-1820) Furthermore, Moreover, Besides Furthermore is properly used when there is need only to add one more reason to those before-mentioned; its intent is to multiply and it has no
- Which is correct: Filename, File Name or FileName?
I like the look of filename, however, when you end up talking about other attributes of that file, which happens in programming a lot, for example, it is often much better to use file name instead This way you can do file name, file size, file format, etc without losing the symmetry, as you would with filename, file size, file format, etc
- Which is correct: one or more is or one or more are?
Both are used Before the 1940s, "one or more are" was clearly more popular, but since then they seem roughly equally common
- Is it slough or slew? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Fact Indeed, slew is the past tense of slay However, slew is also a verb in its own right that means turn! In American informal usage*, the noun slew, as you rightly indicated, indicates a large number As in your second example, slew of questions is not an uncommon phrase Thus, the usage of slough in a similar vein would be incorrect That slough and slew could both be pronounced in the
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