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How We Approach Compound Words
We're back to the mailbag this week with two great user questions:
What makes a compound word worthy of dictionary entry?
Is there one correct way to spell 'yay'?
Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.
Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.
Transcript available here.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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By Merriam-Webster, New England Public Media
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We're back to the mailbag this week with two great user questions:
What makes a compound word worthy of dictionary entry?
Is there one correct way to spell 'yay'?
Hosted by Emily Brewster, Ammon Shea, and Peter Sokolowski.
Produced in collaboration with New England Public Media.
Transcript available here.
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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