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Subject:RE: Thank You: How do you spell this? From:Bob Morrisette <writer1 -at- sabu -dot- EBay -dot- Sun -dot- COM> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Fri, 21 Apr 2000 09:03:08 -0700 (PDT)
According to Encarta (1999) it's not hyphenated.
What have we proved here?
Robert Morrisette
>According to The American Heritage Dictionary, it is.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Halter, Meg [mailto:HalterMC -at- navair -dot- navy -dot- mil]
>Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 9:36 AM
>To: TECHWR-L
>Subject: RE: Thank You: How do you spell this?
>
>
>According to Webster's Ninth Collegiate Dictionary, it isn't hyphenated.
>
>-- Meg
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Linda Michaels [SMTP:linda1210 -at- hotmail -dot- com]
>> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2000 8:11 AM
>> To: TECHWR-L
>> Subject: Thank You: How do you spell this?
>>
>> Thanks everyone! The correct spelling (and usage) is "double-entendre."
>>
>> Linda
>>
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