Timeline for Multiple hyphens in a word or 'word': are such assemblages acceptable?
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| Jul 1, 2023 at 9:46 | comment | added | Stuart F | Using a longer dash is a matter of opinion: some style guides may like it but others don't and IMO it looks horrible. | |
| Mar 26, 2017 at 3:16 | comment | added | Pacerier | @BarrieEngland, The dash mark should be longer: "non–bribe-taking", "pre–globe-trotting", "un–re-elected". See english.stackexchange.com/a/380203/8278 | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 12:32 | comment | added | Barrie England | @ Jasper: It's the only one most people need. I always try to recommend it whenever anyone mentions Lynne Truss. | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 12:26 | comment | added | Unreason | Do note that these forms are hard to parse and that people tend to avoid them. The google books search for Trask's examples give 5, 1, 8 and 0 results respectively, from the whole corpus. | |
| Oct 26, 2011 at 12:21 | vote | accept | Frames Catherine White | ||
| Oct 26, 2011 at 11:24 | history | answered | Barrie England | CC BY-SA 3.0 |