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A space and a hyphen can make a difference in meaning Posted by on Jan 2, 2014

There are a number of words in English that are written with or without a hyphen or with or without a space, for example check in vs. check-in, and the space and hyphen makes a difference in meaning!  Usually the difference is a change in the part of speech of the word, such as…

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