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by donovan reynolds. on August 11th, 2006

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When and why did hyphenated words such as "to-day", "good-bye", "to-morrow" and such lose their hyphens?

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  • by Ullyses on October 11th, 2006

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    I don't think they have ever been hyphenated. Today and tomorrow are most likely contractions of the day and the morrow while, as has been explained, god be with you (god be wi'ye) became goodbye. You can't lose what you never had.

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    • Unf., the evidence of old books demonstrates otherwise. Also, Fowler's King's English tells us to hyphenate these words.

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      by Anonymous on December 7th, 2009

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