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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Re- or re........?

Hi,

Re-use (I wanted to re-use the pencil.)
Re-enter (I did not re-enter the room.)
Recreate (I wanted to recreate the drawing.)

Are the above examples fine, or would you change them all to hyphenated, or not hyphenated at all?

Thanks?
  

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ryansamturner hyphenated, or not hyphenated They can all be written without hyphens. Nevertheless, the American Heritage Dictionary recommends the hyphen after re when immediately before an e ( re-enter ) and when the resulting word without the hyphen already has another meaning ( re-creation vs recreation ). Following those recommendations you would have reuse, re-enter, re-create , but it would not be wrong to write reuse, reenter, recreate .

— CalifJim

  • ryansamturner hyphenated, or not hyphenated They can all be written without hyphens.
  • Nevertheless, the American Heritage Dictionary recommends the hyphen after re when immediately before an e ( re-enter ) and when the resulting word without the hyphen already has another meaning ( re-creation vs recreation ).
  • Following those recommendations you would have reuse, re-enter, re-create , but it would not be wrong to write reuse, reenter, recreate .
  • CJ
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ryansamturnerhyphenated, or not hyphenated
They can all be written without hyphens. Nevertheless, the American Heritage Dictionary recommends the hyphen after re when immediately before an e (re-enter) and when the resulting word without the hyphen already has another meaning (re-creation vs recreation).

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