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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

reestablish or re-establish

Is it correct to write reestablish or do I need to hyphenate to re-establish?
  

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verb : bring back into original existence, use, function, or position ( Example: " Reestablish peace in the region" )

  • verb : bring back into original existence, use, function, or position ( Example: " Reestablish peace in the region" )
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verb: bring back into original existence, use, function, or position (Example: "Reestablish peace in the region")
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When in doubt, find one dicationary you like, and use whatever hyphenation is used in that dictionary.

See http://www.onelook.com/?w=reestablish&ls=a. All show it without the hypen.
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The hyphen in this type of situation has fallen into general disuse. I still prefer it in some cases, where my initial reaction to a word causes confusion. In the word 'cooperate', I see 'coop' first, where I would rather see co-operate. Likewise, 'rees' instead of re-establish. Old fashioned I am, perhaps, but then I'm old enough to be so.
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The hyphen has long been dropped from words with the prefixes that end in “e” such as “pre,” “re,” “de.” For example: preexistence, preeminent, reestablish, deemphasize. (found this by typing in google search engine "is reestablish hyphenated")
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Your example shows all of the entries without the hyphen because that is the way you input the word into the website search bar. If you instead search for "re-establish," different dictionaries are listed which use that spelling version. I will say though that "reestablish" seems more popular.
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And the New Yorker either further confuses the issue or just naughtily adds yet another acceptable variant in using, whether affected or archaic, "reëstablish." Oi! What a language!
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The hyphen in words like that is often omitted in American English. You can see in an answer here http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/108021/reestablish-vs-re-establish that reestablish is preferred in American English and re-establish is preferred in Bri

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