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Hyphens in verb construction containing prefix such as “re”
In semi-formal business writing in the United States, I often observe that writers tend to add a hyphen between a prefix and the root infinitive of verbs. In many of the cases, the resulting verb ...
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“Open source” as a verb
I encountered a problem when I started to write a report including some notes on open source software.
The problem I have is if I can use open source as a verb like:
We open sourced some ...
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“Reset” or “re-set”?
As far as I know there are two different meanings of the word "reset":
to restore an object/value to a previous/initial state - that's the most widely use of the word;
to set the value/state a ...
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How can I change the tense of a hyphenated verb?
I'm certain this can't be the only example there is of a hyphenated verb, but it's the only one I can think of right now.
How should one appropriately convert "mouse-over" into the past tense? ...
