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Subject:Re: Work around..... From:Linda Sherman <linsherm -at- GTE -dot- NET> Date:Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:40:02 -0500
McCreash, Toni Lee wrote:
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> I checked one of the online dictionaries and did not come up with the right
> spelling for "work-around", "work around", or "workaround". Can someone tell
> me which is correct? Thank you.
verb: work around
noun: workaround, but work-around is acceptable also
This is covered in the Chicago Manual of Style, sections 6.32-6.41.
Lin
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Linda K. Sherman <linsherm -at- gte -dot- net>
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