Hi Marco, Many of the words in the list can also be spelled without a hyphen. "... it is never incorrect to hyphenate adjectival compounds before a noun. Hyphenated adjectival compounds that appear in Webster (such as 'well-read' or 'ill-humored') may be spelled without a hyphen when they follow a noun..." (Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, section 7.86).
Some of the words in the list are proper nouns. To make sure that the typography is correct, refer to the original source (if possible). For example, Al-Jazeera and al-Jazeera are not correct. Refer to http://www.aljazeera.com/aboutus/. Regards, Mike Unwalla Contact: www.techscribe.co.uk/techw/contact.htm -----Original Message----- From: Marco A.G.Pinto [mailto:marcoagpi...@mail.telepac.pt] Sent: 29 August 2015 16:20 To: languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: Compound words for en_GB + pt_PT On 29/08/2015 09:53, Daniel Naber wrote: On 2015-08-28 10:50, Marco A.G.Pinto wrote: I have used Proofing Tool GUI to extract all the compounds from the British and Portuguese dictionaries: - en_GB - 5390 compounds https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/30674540/en_gb_compound_words_5390words_ 20150828.txt I think a native speaker should comment on that. I'm not sure if English is really that strict with its compounds, i.e. if all those words really *have* to be written with a dash (and not without, or as two words). You are right, a native speaker should comment on it :-P <snip> Kind regards from your friend, >Marco A.G.Pinto ----------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Languagetool-devel mailing list Languagetool-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/languagetool-devel
