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--- Sean Brierley <seanb_us -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
>
> So, is it pushpin (Merriam Webster), push pin
> (Microsoft), or push-pin (our developer)?
>
> I will be consistent, but is there a reason I should
> prefer one over the other (pushpin will save me some
> hyphenation <g>).
Actually, there is a reason to prefer 'pushpin' to the other two
variations. Words used consistently together tend to migrate into one
word. The most obvious example to American Baseball fans is 'baseball.'
it started life as two words, base ball. Later it became hyphenated as
base-ball. Now, of course, and for many decades, it has been one word.
For my money, I'd go with Merriam Webster. It looks like a classic case
of two words becoming married into one.
=====
Tom Murrell
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