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ashling

(25,771 posts) Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:46 AM Jan 2013

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Must be one of my students

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Must be one of my students (Original Post) ashling Jan 2013 OP

Amazing how many people want English as the official language when they can't speak or write it. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #1

Why is there a hyphen between "ARE" and "COUNTRY"? WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2013 #2

I think the hyphen is there so that frogmarch Jan 2013 #3

Pirate speak? Neoma Jan 2013 #4

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)

1. Amazing how many people want English as the official language when they can't speak or write it.

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 10:58 AM

Jan 2013

WhoIsNumberNone

(7,875 posts)

2. Why is there a hyphen between "ARE" and "COUNTRY"?

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:13 PM

Jan 2013

Otherwise, this passes the spell check...

frogmarch

(12,160 posts)

3. I think the hyphen is there so that

Reply to WhoIsNumberNone (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:23 PM

Jan 2013

no one confuses "are country" with the noun "arecountry."

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

4. Pirate speak?

Reply to ashling (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 03:31 PM

Jan 2013

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