Subject: corespondent
Posted by: honeybee4
Date: Mar 07 10
In the Crytal Ball game the answer, which no one guessed, was corespondent. Shouldn't the word be spelled co-respondent or correspondent?
Posted by: honeybee4
Date: Mar 07 10
In the Crytal Ball game the answer, which no one guessed, was corespondent. Shouldn't the word be spelled co-respondent or correspondent?
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lilyalli 
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No, I had to look twice, and then read the defintion. It was co-respondent, as in court case. Reply #1. Mar 07 10, 5:59 PM |
| lilyalli
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Sorry, I misread your post. I think the hyphen is optional. I agree, it does look odd. Reply #2. Mar 07 10, 6:00 PM |
honeybee4
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The word shown described co-respondent but it was spelled corespondent. Reply #3. Mar 07 10, 6:01 PM |
| honeybee4
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We must have been writing at the same time and I don't think, in this case, the hyphen should be optional. Reply #4. Mar 07 10, 6:03 PM |
jolana
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I am sitting here with my faithful friend - Oxford Advanced Learner´s Dictionary - and it says corespondent. Anyway, Wikipedia shows co-respondent, and Free Online dictionary has correspondent. English is a tricky language. Reply #5. Mar 07 10, 7:06 PM |
salami_swami
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Different places spell things differently. That is why everything should be guessed... If "socialize" has been guessed, try "socialise". Personally, I spell corespondent with one or 2 R's, but never a hyphen, personally. Same with words like "worshiped/worshipped" or "commited/committed". One and two are both acceptable. :-) Maybe it's an American thing, but I don't hardly ever see words with a hyphen like that, unless it is another vowel, like re-enactment, but even then I rarely see hyphens... :-) Reply #6. Mar 08 10, 3:46 PM |
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