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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Hand brake or handbrake?

Which is correct. Hand brake or handbrake?

'I pulled up the hand brake.'

Same question for gear stick. Is that correct or is it gearstick?

Or are the interchangeable?
  

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ryansamturner Which is correct. 'Same question for gear stick. Or are the interchangeable?

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  • ryansamturner Which is correct.
  • 'Same question for gear stick.
  • Or are the interchangeable?
  • You have to look such words up each time in the best new dictionary you can find.
  • These words are always in transition.
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ryansamturner Which is correct. Hand brake or handbrake?'I pulled up the hand brake.'Same question for gear stick. Is that correct or is it gearstick?Or are the interchangeable?
You have to look such words up each time in the best new dictionary you can find. These words are always in transition. Often there exist together a one-word, two-word and hyphenated f
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Vehicle workshop manual - here in the UK - uses Handbrake - all one word. Just looked it up.

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