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- adjective Without a
hyphen .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The article trumpets the quest for the notorious Merry-Widow Murderer with a hyphen, who is referred to later in the same article, however, as the hyphenless Merry Widow Murderer.
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Hyphens at line break were retained unless the word was consistently hyphenless elsewhere.
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Initial and final hyphens can indicate fragments of a word: con -, - or -, - ly. foréver is never hyphenated, though it can be written as two words, as for example in for éver and éver. pôstcàrd has lost its hyphen: once, in Britain, postcards had their name printed on them as two words. díshẁasher, boòkcase and êmâil are now also among the hyphenless.
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Initial and final hyphens can indicate fragments of a word: con -, - or -, - ly. foréver is never hyphenated, though it can be written as two words, as for example in for éver and éver. pôstcàrd has lost its hyphen: once, in Britain, postcards had their name printed on them as two words. díshẁasher, boòkcase and êmâil are now also among the hyphenless.
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