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Ryansamturner Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Reuse or Re-use?

Are both correct or is there only only one way to use this word?
  

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I would tend to hypehenate it as a verb and use no hyphen for the noun, but others may think differently.

  • I would tend to hypehenate it as a verb and use no hyphen for the noun, but others may think differently.
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I would tend to hypehenate it as a verb and use no hyphen for the noun, but others may think differently.
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I would use "reuse." It is a very common word these days.
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ozzourtiI would tend to hypehenate it as a verb and use no hyphen for the noun, but others may think differently.
That's exactly what I would do too.

I try to re-use the containers my take-out food comes in, but some simply aren't suitable for reuse.

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