Re: For those of you who don't read net.internat

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From: Mike Jessie
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1985 15:44

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> Hyphenation.  I have heard rumors of experimental data showing
> that hyphenation makes text harder to read (by some measure).
> If you know a publication to that effect, please send me a pointer.
> Personally, I just don't like hyphenation.
> -- 
> Gary Perlman  Wang Institute  Tyngsboro, MA 01879  (617) 649-9731
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Hyphenation -- as the stylebook of the Oxford University Press says,
"If you take the hyphen seriously you will surely go mad."  (I'm sure
everyone has seen that quote.)  My rule is to to use a hyphen if leaving it
out would confuse the reader or offend his sensibilities.

Mike Jessie   Integrated Solutions  Boulder, CO 80301  (303) 444-5710
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