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Kat2784 Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

To hyphenate or not to hyphenate

Which one is correct and why. Thanks a lot!

1) We need to rearrange the schedule.

2) We need to re-arrange the schedule.

  

Top answer

"rearrange" is the usual spelling. "re-arrange" looks unnecessary or old-fashioned. content=rearrange%2C+re-arrange&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3

— GPY

  • "rearrange" is the usual spelling.
  • "re-arrange" looks unnecessary or old-fashioned.
  • content=rearrange%2C+re-arrange&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=15&smoothing=3
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