RE: reinvite or re-invite?

Subject: RE: reinvite or re-invite?
From: "Janoff, Steve" <Steve -dot- Janoff2 -at- Teradata -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:16:32 -0400

I've read some of the other responses but personally I think "reinvite"
is fine even in a social use as in reinvite to a party that was
previously cancelled. What other word could it possibly be confused
for?

PS - King's English is decent, but I'm sure there are better ones:
http://www.bartleby.com/116/

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Subject: reinvite or re-invite?

Hi group

Which is correct: to reinvite or to re-invite?

I think "reinvite" should not be hyphenated because the word is
unambiguous.
My English grammar books tell me to use a hyphen after the "re-" prefix
only to avoid ambiguity, for example:

re-cover vs. recover
re-lease vs. release

Is this correct?

By the way, are there any good online English Grammar references you can
recommend?

Thanks


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