| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj> |
| Cc: | Peter Smith <smithpb2250(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Replace l337sp34k in comments. |
| Date: | 2021-07-29 15:11:57 |
| Message-ID: | 878193be-6879-a7d1-b81b-e758c960bc0f@dunslane.net |
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On 7/29/21 8:51 AM, Geoff Winkless wrote:
> On Thu, 29 Jul 2021 at 11:22, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net
> <mailto:andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>> wrote:
>
> Personally, I would have written this as just "up to date", I don't
> think the hyphens are required.
>
>
> FWIW Mirriam-Webster and the CED suggest "up-to-date" when before a
> noun, so the changes should be "up-to-date answer" but "are up to date".
>
> https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/up-to-date
> <https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/up-to-date>
>
>
Interesting, thanks. My (admittedly old) Concise OED only has the
version with spaces, while my (also old) Collins Concise has the
hyphenated version. I learn something new every day, no matter how trivial.
cheers
andrew
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Andrew Dunstan
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