Comments on: How to hyphenate words that start with ‘re’ https://writegroup.io/how-to-hyphenate-words-that-start-with-re/ Better business outcomes with clear, effective writing. Wed, 20 Nov 2024 02:52:20 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Corinna Lines https://writegroup.io/how-to-hyphenate-words-that-start-with-re/#comment-10612 Thu, 07 Jan 2021 02:12:33 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=4332#comment-10612 Hi Ed — I wouldn’t hyphenate it as it’s clear enough without. Here at Write we often make style decisions based on what is easiest for the reader. If a vowel is repeated (such as ‘reenter’), then a hyphen stops you reading it incorrectly. I don’t think that’s a problem for ‘reunite’. But to back this up, I checked the online Oxford Dictionary and it doesn’t hyphenate it either (https://www.lexico.com/definition/reunite).

]]> By: Ed Parigian https://writegroup.io/how-to-hyphenate-words-that-start-with-re/#comment-10336 Fri, 27 Nov 2020 23:40:44 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=4332#comment-10336 Nice work on this…very clear. What do you think of hyphenating reunite to re-unite, as is re-uniting with my lost dog?

]]> By: Corinna Lines https://writegroup.io/how-to-hyphenate-words-that-start-with-re/#comment-387 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 21:45:12 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=4332#comment-387 In reply to Chris Lovie-Tyler.

I’m glad you liked it, Chris! And I do apologise for exploiting rugby for the greater hyphenation good.

]]> By: Chris Lovie-Tyler https://writegroup.io/how-to-hyphenate-words-that-start-with-re/#comment-386 Thu, 11 Aug 2016 20:48:02 +0000 http://writeclearlyblog.com/?p=4332#comment-386 Great blog. It’s helpful, to the point—and I enjoy reading it!

Thanks!

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