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This tag is used to clarify the spelling of compound words. Should two words be separated by a space, joined with a hyphen, or run together with no space at all?

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"Stand up comedy", "standup comedy", or "stand-up comedy"?

The Guardian Style Guide says: standup adjective, as in a standup comedian performing standup comedy; and noun: a standup performing standup Generally, it's a matter of grammar whether to space word …
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"Home page" or "homepage"?

"Home page" was used first, but "homepage" followed soon after, is also acceptable and I prefer. Homepage was used to refer to the main page of a website as early as July 1993. Home page was used t …
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"Username", "user name" or "user-name"

The correct spelling in this case is username. The username is the (usually unique) thing you type in with your password, for example: bobsmith66. The user name is the name of the user, the user's r …
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