On 04/07/2011 14:59, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote:
2011/7/4 Eugene Alvin Villar<sea...@gmail.com>:
609 instances of shop=second_hand
http://taginfo.openstreetmap.org/tags/shop=second_hand
my dictionary tells me that the correct writing is "second hand" so
second_hand seems correct.
The adjective 'second-hand' is derived from the phrase 'at second hand'.
When a phrase consisting of two separate words is used adjectivally it
is usual in English to join the words with a hyphen: 'second-hand goods'
= 'goods obtained at second hand'. The OED explicitly recommends the
hyphened version for adjectival uses, although not all its illustrative
quotations conform.
--
Steve
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