Hello
On 11/03/17 14:34, Knute Snortum wrote:
3.3.4 Modifying context properties
...
Similarly, if the property name is mis-spelt...
It looks like misspelt is misspelt!
No, I don't think it is.
Spelt is an acceptable equivalent to the past tense of spell - at least
in British English (as well as being a very old variety of Wheat) in
case people were thinking of mis-spelled (which is also OK).
Also the hyphenated mis-spelt vs misspelt is acceptable as well (at
least in British English) in this case the 'mis-' is a prefix to the
verb in the past tense and, in my opinion, preferable to the double 'ss'
version of the non-hyphenated version as it visually conveys the idea
more clearly.
e.g. Mis-appropriate, Mis-understanding, Mis-apprehend etc. All
acceptable if unusual.
although I've never seen 'mistake written as 'mis-take' but have also
never seen 'mistook' either (as opposed to mis-took).
James
P.S. Sky-scraper and news-paper are some more words that have had the
hyphen dropped from them to make them into a single word.
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