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The End of Hyphens?

These articles suggest that people don’t understand how to use English hyphens anymore, and that their use is diminishing. This observation is based on a recent Reuter’s article that claims that 16,000 words have recently lost their hyphenation in latest edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.

End of Hyphens?
Reuter’s Article