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As a native English speaker, even "tramstop" or "busstop" sounds wrong to me.
by lmm 3y ago
As a native English speaker, even "tramstop" or "busstop" sounds wrong to me.
- vidarh 3y agoAs a native Norwegian speaker, I had to look it up to see whether a space was expected or not, as it seems entirely illogical for me to have a space there as they're so closely connected. The distinction between "fully merged" compounds, hyphenated ones, and ones with spaces is yet another one of those endlessly annoying quirks of English.
- User23 3y ago> The distinction between "fully merged" compounds, hyphenated ones, and ones with spaces is yet another one of those endlessly annoying quirks of English Being cognizant of these really helps develop empathy with ESL learners.