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Cboutin3 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Re-form or reform?
Is there a difference between 'reform' or 're-form' or are they interchangeable? If they are different, which word should I use in these sentence examples?
1. The nomads "re-formed/reformed" and swarmed around the rear of Tol’s formation, but were unable to break the Ergothians’ line.
2. Dalamar was given the difficult duty of "reforming/re-forming" the Orders of High Sorcery, which had disbanded twenty years earlier, a responsibility he nevertheless readily accepted.
3. Sara heard rumors that the Dark Knights were "reforming/re-forming" in Neraka under the leadership of Mirielle Abrena in 385 AC.
4. . Drawde brought these secrets to the Dark Knights and was ordered by Abrena to "reform/re-form" the Order of the Thorn as their new Lord Knight.
1. The nomads "re-formed/reformed" and swarmed around the rear of Tol’s formation, but were unable to break the Ergothians’ line.
2. Dalamar was given the difficult duty of "reforming/re-forming" the Orders of High Sorcery, which had disbanded twenty years earlier, a responsibility he nevertheless readily accepted.
3. Sara heard rumors that the Dark Knights were "reforming/re-forming" in Neraka under the leadership of Mirielle Abrena in 385 AC.
4. . Drawde brought these secrets to the Dark Knights and was ordered by Abrena to "reform/re-form" the Order of the Thorn as their new Lord Knight.
Top answer
reform = change something (usually to make it better). Juvenile delinquents go to reform schools so that they might grow up as upstanding, honest citizens. re-form = come together as a group and reorganize after being dispersed.
- reform = change something (usually to make it better).
- Juvenile delinquents go to reform schools so that they might grow up as upstanding, honest citizens.
- re-form = come together as a group and reorganize after being dispersed.
- After the first cavalry charge, the unit re-formed for another one.
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reform = change something (usually to make it better). Juvenile delinquents go to reform schools so that they might grow up as upstanding, honest citizens.
re-form = come together as a group and reorganize after being dispersed.
After the first cavalry charge, the unit re-formed for another one.
re-form = come together as a group and reorganize after being dispersed.
After the first cavalry charge, the unit re-formed for another one.
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Thanks alot for your help! So I should use re-form for those four sentenc examples?
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cboutin3Thanks alot for your help! So I should use re-form for those four sentenc examples?It depends on your intended meaning. Compare these two definitions, and then use the one that fits best:
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/americ
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