"People are not confident about using hyphens anymore, they're not really sure what they are for…Printed writing is very much design-led these days in adverts and Web sites, and people feel that hyphens mess up the look of a nice bit of typography. The hyphen is seen as messy looking and old-fashioned." CEO of Oxford English Dictionary more
This is terrific. That eliminates about 16,000 words for me to misspell. I like the evolution of the English language. Hopefully one day, I will have only seven words to worry about.
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