Timeline for When should hyphens be used to make text clearer
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 22:47 | comment | added | aparente001 | @VampDuc Oops, I see now. Dan, I also missed your question about why are there hyphens in so-and-so; I think it's because so-and-so has a specific meaning, different from just stringing the words together so... and so (= like this, and like this). | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 20:15 | comment | added | VampDuc | @aparente001 I was referring to the use of hyphens, not capitalization. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 20:00 | comment | added | Treasa | David Marsh describes it well in his latest book for who the bell tolls - the hyphen can mean the difference between a man eating octopus or a man-eating octopus. The man eating octopus is obviously hungry and therefore, eating octopus. However, one small hyphen and the meaning is changed entirely so now the octopus is hungry, and eats man. It is amazing the clarity that a hyphen gives. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 19:31 | history | edited | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 19:06 | comment | added | aparente001 | @VampDuc I'm not an expert on capitalization of that word, but I like to use lower case when talking about that so-and-so, and capitals when I'm talking about a particular person -- with neutral emotion, like Mr. So-and-So. It might be wrong, but it works well for me. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 16:52 | comment | added | VampDuc | @Dan, in my experience, "so-and-so" is the correct spelling. Google, Dictionary.com, thefreedictionary.com, and other back this up. | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 13:51 | history | edited | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 28, 2015 at 8:00 | comment | added | Dan | I like your example of re-sent/resent. But I'm more interested in your using hyphens with So-and-So. In this case the hyphens do not prevent misunderstandings. What is your reason for using them? | |
| Jul 28, 2015 at 7:43 | history | answered | aparente001 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |