http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-125738 Charles W. Mignon Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:32:54 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/#comment-125738 Can Mr. Zimmer refer me to an essay on the literary history of the hyphenated compound? Please? I know one exists; please help. Can Mr. Zimmer refer me to an essay on the literary history of the hyphenated compound? Please? I know one exists; please help.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-54479 Extending the History of Words: The Case of "Ms." : OUPblog Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:54:22 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/#comment-54479 [...] in the hubbub about the new words and disappearing hyphens in the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is a more subtle type of editorial [...] [...] in the hubbub about the new words and disappearing hyphens in the latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary is a more subtle type of editorial [...]

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/comment-page-1/#comment-50227 The Informed Reader - WSJ.com : Hyphens Are Vanishing. Blame E-mail. Sorry, Email. Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:00:11 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/2007/09/hyphens/#comment-50227 [...] Ben Zimmer, an editor at the Oxford University Press, gives some slightly reassuring historical background on the case of the missing hyphen: As modern English has evolved, some compounds have stayed [...] [...] Ben Zimmer, an editor at the Oxford University Press, gives some slightly reassuring historical background on the case of the missing hyphen: As modern English has evolved, some compounds have stayed [...]

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