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Subject:Re: Hyphenating "online" From:"Elliott C. Evans" <evans -at- ANSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 26 Oct 1993 13:36:03 EDT
On-line versus Online.
I tend to think that either one is acceptable,
as long as it is used consistently.
My main problem with "online" is that it breaks
English pronunciation guidelines, while "on-line"
makes it very clear that these are two separate
words stuck together.
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| Elliott C. "Eeyore" Evans |
| Technical Writer, Ansoft Corporation |
| evans -at- ansoft -dot- com Pittsburgh, PA |
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