Less hyphens and less confusion

The precedent-following Oxford University Press has removed hyphens from about 16,000 words in their upcoming Shorter OED revision, according to Simon Rabinovitch of Reuters.

Over-hyphenation is a problem. As is under-hyphenation. While ice-cream easily becomes ice cream, compound adjectives should remain “precedent-following.”

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