RE: Need help with a pompous engineer

[Bill Burns <bill_burns -at- lionbridge -dot- com>]

> The word is re-notification, people are suggesting that we use
> renotification instead.  I asked what set of rules they were using to make
> this decision and one of the engineers quipped of "Why don't you go look
> in
> the dictionary."  
> 
Wouldn't help. Hyphenation of prefixes is a style issue, for the most part.
Check instead in an online style reference. I think many (though probably
not all) would say that the hyphen isn't necessary. It doesn't make the term
any clearer, and prefixes don't have to be prepended using a hyphen in most
cases.

I think my primary concern would be why the engineer chose to respond in
that fashion. It doesn't give the impression (or even the illusion) of
respect.

Bill Burns
Technical Communications Manager
Lionbridge Technologies, Inc.
12585 W. Explorer Dr., Suite 150
Boise, ID 83713
Phone: 208.321.4406
FAX: 208.321.4490
E-mail: bill_burns -at- lionbridge -dot- com



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