Re: newbie install
On 2009-02-21, Chris Bannister <mockingbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 11:55:00AM -0500, Noah Sheppard wrote:
> > On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:44:45AM -0600, Kyle Wheeler wrote:
> > > [..]
> > > Of course, now we're getting into pedantry, and kinda off track. :)
> >
> > We are computer geeks; pedantry is never off-track.
> ^^^^^^^^^
> No need for the hyphen; you are not splitting a word.
Hyphens are not used only for splitting words; they are also used
for joining words to form compounds, as when forming a single
adjective as in "ten-foot pole" or "off-track pedantry". In the
example above, however, since the modifier "off track" follows
"pedantry", the correct usage is without the hyphen: pedantry is
never off track.
Regards,
Gary