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I would go to a site where people know that "shut down" is spelled with two words.

jgrahamc 14y ago
According to Merriam Webster 'shutdown' has been used to mean the cessation of activity since 1888 at least: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutdown http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutdown, although M-W only has it as a noun. Collins lists verb versions as well: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shutdown http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shutdown OUP also has it: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shutdown http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shutdown
- paul_milovanov 14y ago
  Usage of "shut down" is more prevalent and has a longer history in English, although "shutdown" is also correct and has entered wide usage at the beginning of 20th century. Google NGram Viewer ftw: http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shutdown%2C+shut+down&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shutdown%2C+shu... (Notice the cool bump for "shut down" around 1940s: apparently lots of things were being, ahem, shut down.)
- gioele 14y ago
  Doesn't "shutdown" work like "login"? "To shut down", "To log in" are verbs. "I will shut down my computer in 10 minutes", "Click on the key to log in". "Shutdown" and "login" are action nouns. "The shutdown happened at midnight, two hours after the planned deadline", "A problem occurred during the login phase". If that is the case, grand-parent would be right: the correct phrase should be "if HN shut down for one month" (cfr. "after HN shutdown"). PS: obviously I am not a native English speaker.
27182818284 14y ago
Eh http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shut+down%2Cshutdown&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=5&smoothing=3 http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shut+down%2Cshu...
nealabq 14y ago
shutup

According to Merriam Webster 'shutdown' has been used to mean the cessation of activity since 1888 at least: http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutdown http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shutdown, although M-W only has it as a noun. Collins lists verb versions as well: http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shutdown http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/shutdown OUP also has it: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shutdown http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/shutdown

paul_milovanov 14y ago
Usage of "shut down" is more prevalent and has a longer history in English, although "shutdown" is also correct and has entered wide usage at the beginning of 20th century. Google NGram Viewer ftw: http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shutdown%2C+shut+down&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=0&smoothing=3 http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shutdown%2C+shu... (Notice the cool bump for "shut down" around 1940s: apparently lots of things were being, ahem, shut down.)
gioele 14y ago
Doesn't "shutdown" work like "login"? "To shut down", "To log in" are verbs. "I will shut down my computer in 10 minutes", "Click on the key to log in". "Shutdown" and "login" are action nouns. "The shutdown happened at midnight, two hours after the planned deadline", "A problem occurred during the login phase". If that is the case, grand-parent would be right: the correct phrase should be "if HN shut down for one month" (cfr. "after HN shutdown"). PS: obviously I am not a native English speaker.

27182818284 14y ago

Eh http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shut+down%2Cshutdown&year_start=1800&year_end=2000&corpus=5&smoothing=3 http://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=shut+down%2Cshu...

nealabq 14y ago

shutup