One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible. My feeling is that you may run [words] together or leave them apart, except when Nature revolts.
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Do you grind your teeth when you pass "Martins Kebab's"? Do you think people who don't know the difference between "your" and "you're" should be strung up by their gonads?
You do?
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January 31, 2008