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Subject:RE: geo-fence or geofence or geo fence? From:<Joyce -dot- Fetterman -at- L-3com -dot- com> To:<tonyc -at- tonychung -dot- ca>, <DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com> Date:Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:00:22 -0500
I flip a coin, of course!
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Subject: Re: geo-fence or geofence or geo fence?
Ooh... the registered trademark could account for the increased search
for
that keyword.
And Joyce, to regain my respect, can you provide your preference for or
against the Oxford, serial, extra comma before conjunction in a list?
;-)
-T
On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Dan Goldstein
<DGoldstein -at- cytomedix -dot- com>wrote:
> There are five separate US trademarks for Geofence (no hyphen), and
zero
> trademarks for Geo-fence with a hyphen.
>
> Just sayin'.
>
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> From: Joyce.Fetterman
> Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 2:38 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: RE: geo-fence or geofence or geo fence?
>
> The Google Analytics show how the word is being written by anyone and
> everyone. Many of the folks whose usage is included in Google stats
also
> write "U" for "you", but I'm certainly not going to determine my
writing
> style based on their preferences. :)
>
> We're writers and we're supposed to provide clarity.
>
> I'm clearly pro-hyphen. I don't expect everyone else to be but I
maintain
> that they aid understanding.
>
> I do agree that it's important to be consistent in applying writing
style.
>
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