On 1 December 2011 03:30, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > There is another disturbing trend for people, even in professional > circles, to smash two words together into one. A few examples:
[snip] > In Fine Homebuilding, a magazine showing the very best in > craftsmanship in residential construction and remodeling, they have > allowed the use of 'backyard' as a noun instead of the correct 'back > yard.' It has the be a bad editorial slip, because I have seen it on > numerous occasions in articles written by different people over the > last two years or so. I found a reference to the word "backyard" as far back as 1920, it being the Oliver Hardy silent film "The backyard", Looks like it's been in use for longer than recently. In Australia, it's been one word for as long as I can remember. [snip] > Nick A Anestis. -- Anestis Kozakis | [email protected] | http://www.akozakis.id.au/
