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Hyphens with the Prefix re
Many of us find hyphens confusing. The prefix re can make hyphenating even more of a head-scratching experience. However, there is really only one rule that you need to learn to determine when to hyphenate with re.
Rule: Use the hyphen with the prefix re only when re means again AND omitting the hyphen would cause confusion with another word.
Example: Will she recover from her illness?
Re does not mean again so no hyphen.
Example: I have re-covered the sofa twice.
Re does mean again AND omitting the hyphen would have caused confusion with another word so hyphenate.
Example: The stamps have been reissued.
Re means again but would not cause confusion with another word so no hyphen.
Example: I must re-press the shirt.
Re means again AND omitting the hyphen would cause confusion with another word so hyphenate.
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2B. I re-sent the file to you last night.
2C. I re sent the file to you last night.
3A. I'll print out the letters again, and you can resign them.
3B. I'll print out the letters again, and you can re-sign them.
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 Wordplay
Here are some complicated ways of saying simple old adages. Can you decipher them?
1. All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not truly resplendent.
2. The person presenting the ultimate cachinnation possesses thereby the optimal cachinnation.
3. Where there are visible vapors having their provenance in ignited
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2B. I re-sent the file to you last night.
3B. I'll print out the letters again, and you can re-sign them.
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