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Subject:Re: reinvite or re-invite? From:quills -at- airmail -dot- net To:Yves Barbion <yves -dot- barbion -at- gmail -dot- com> Date:Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:29:07 -0500
re-cover means to place a cover on something that was previously
removed. Recover means to reattain something that was lost. Two
different words. Re-lease is to issue a lease on property that was
previously leased. Release is to let go.
reinvite is not a word. Re-invite would be proper.
Yves Barbion wrote:
> Hi group
>
> Which is correct: to reinvite or to re-invite?
>
> I think "reinvite" should not be hyphenated because the word is unambiguous.
> My English grammar books tell me to use a hyphen after the "re-" prefix only
> to avoid ambiguity, for example:
>
> re-cover vs. recover
> re-lease vs. release
>
> Is this correct?
>
> By the way, are there any good online English Grammar references you can
> recommend?
>
> Thanks
>
>
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