Re: I need some help!


"LizzieB." <blahblah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Liz wrote:

Gisele, while I respect your opinion as always, I must disagree with your
stance on this one. Yes, English is an ever evolving language, but
sorry..."followup" is the perfect example of the dumbing of America, akin
to capitalization of all drugs, including generics. IOW, making it
legitimate to put "follow" and "up" together as one word just excuses
those dummies who don't know when it's correct to use a hyphen.


I thought it was the BOS's direction that where hyphens were previously
used, the compound adjective should be smooshed together, which would make
it a deliberate evolution per the BOS.

Am I missing something?

Not if you consider BOS to be THE authority on correct English language
usage. Personally, I don't. Whereas I have no problem with their dictates
regarding style, use of Roman numerals, drug abbreviations and such, I have
a big problem with their decisions regarding smooshing compound words
together.

Liz


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