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Actually, the correct way to write it is "Daylight-Saving Time" [0]. I strongly suspect that had it been commonly written this way from the beginning, people w
by ScottBurson 10y ago
Actually, the correct way to write it is "Daylight-Saving Time" [0]. I strongly suspect that had it been commonly written this way from the beginning, people would have understood how the phrase is constructed -- it means, the time that saves daylight -- and the whole "daylight savings" thing would never have gotten started. Consider that the hyphenated form also suggests a different pronunciation, with the primary stress on "day" and secondary stress on "sav", rather than the other way around which is how most people pronounce it.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Compound_modifiers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen#Compound_modifiers
- Osiris 10y agoYou should correct the Wikipedia article[0]. The title and references within the article don't use the hyphenated version. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daylight_saving_time
- ScottBurson 10y agoFunny you should mention! I tried [0]. (That's an old revision of the Talk page; the discussion has been removed.) [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daylight_saving_time&oldid=672096761#Orthography:_why_it_should_be_.22daylight-saving_time.22 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Daylight_sav...