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ruzuzu commented on the word double hyphen
"In Merriam-Webster dictionaries if a word is divided at the end of the line, and the division point happens to be a hyphen, it is replaced with a double hyphen to graphically indicate that the divided word is normally hyphenated, for example cross⸗
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.In several dictionaries published in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, all such compound words are linked with double hyphens, whether at the end of the line or not, and the normal use of the single hyphen for non-compound words is retained. An example from the first or second page of such dictionaries is Aaron's⸗rod. Examples include the Century Dictionary and Funk & Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary of the English Language."
--Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Double_hyphen&oldid=466954889)
January 12, 2012
hernesheir commented on the word double hyphen
Thanks for this, ruzuzu!
January 12, 2012
ruzuzu commented on the word double hyphen
I'm surprised it hasn't been listed yet.
January 13, 2012