Re: Hyphenation

[Gary Robinson <Robinson -at- COMINC -dot- COM>]

Webster's New World Dictionary of Computer Terms (5th edition, pg. 409)
doesn't hyphenate online.  I believe there is a trend for new compound words
to begin as hyphenated but as they gain greater acceptance the hyphenation
is dropped.  I've been seeing e-mail spelled w/o the hyphen quite often
lately.

Regards,

Gary G. Robinson
Technical Communications
COM, Incorporated - An Enprotech Company
7300 W. Huron River Drive
Dexter, MI 48130
734-426-7000 x20        734-426-7004 fax
robinson -at- cominc -dot- com <mailto:robinson -at- cominc -dot- com>
http://www.cominc.com <http://www.cominc.com>

        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Joy Owen [SMTP:jowen2 -at- CSC -dot- COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, July 06, 1999 9:07 AM
        To:     TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
        Subject:        Hyphenation

        Dear List:

        I saw a recent post about on-line vs. online.  I've always used
online, but
        recently have been called on it (it's presented in Websters as
on-line).
        It makes me question whether the way I've been spelling these types
of
        words correctly.  May I share a few of the words in question and ask
your
        opinions?  If anyone knows of a document that lists the correct
spelling
        method, I'd like to see it.

        on-line vs online and off-line vs offline
        sub-system vs subsystem
        pull-down menu vs pulldown menu

        Thanks,

        Joy Owen
        Technical Writer
        Computer Sciences Corporation



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