Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.

I'd like to settle an argument at work...
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Champ wrote:

> Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.

No.


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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:

>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>
>I'd like to settle an argument at work...

I don't know what answer you want, but IMO, there should definitely be
no hyphen.

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On 4 Nov, 10:18, Champ  wrote:
> Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>
No

"Krusty" <dontwantany@nowhere.invalid> wrote in message
news:hcrkht$80r$1@news.eternal-september.org...
> Champ wrote:
>
> > Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>
> No.
>

No

On 4 Nov, 11:18, Champ  wrote:
> Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>
> I'd like to settle an argument at work...

If you need proof, Oxford Reference says:

 v.  (cohabits, cohabiting, cohabited)
1. live together and have a sexual relationship without being
married.
2. coexist.
- DERIVATIVES cohabitant n.  cohabitation /  -'te()n/ n.  cohabitee /
-'ti:/ n.  cohabiter n.
- ORIGIN C16 (earlier (ME) as cohabitation): from L. cohabitare, from
co- ‘together’  habitare ‘dwell’.

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:

>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>
>I'd like to settle an argument at work...

No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.

ginge wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
> 
> > Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g.
> > 'co-habiting'.
> > 
> > I'd like to settle an argument at work...
> 
> No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.

Of co-urse they are.

-- 
Chris

ginge wrote:

> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
> 
> > Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g.
> > 'co-habiting'.
> > 
> > I'd like to settle an argument at work...
> 
> No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.

Heh, if you Google for '-cohabiting co-habiting' dailymail.co.uk is top
of the list. 'Nuff said.

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ginge  wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
> 
> >Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
> >
> >I'd like to settle an argument at work...
> 
> No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.

Yebbut hyphenation can lead to some nice tyops such as cow-orkers.

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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:

>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>
>I'd like to settle an argument at work...

Many thanks to all the responses.  I'm now nicely armed for my
argument :-)
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neal at champ dot org dot uk

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:59:29 +0000, Champ  wrote:

>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>
>>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>>
>>I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>
>Many thanks to all the responses.  I'm now nicely armed for my
>argument :-)

if you want anything better than "some blokes I know on the internet
said so", consider these:

* very similar words are not hyphenated e.g. "coincidence"

& crucially

* there is no such word as habiting to be hyphenated to in the first
place.
-- 
d.

Champ wrote:
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>
>> Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g.
>> 'co-habiting'.
>>
>> I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>
> Many thanks to all the responses.  I'm now nicely armed for my
> argument :-)

You are?

"I know this bunch of reprobates, work shy dole bludgers and darkened 
room IT nerds, who spend most of their days on the internet, and they 
agree with me"

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"CT"  wrote in message 
news:7ld3k8F3dohglU1@mid.individual.net...
> ginge wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>>
>> > Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g.
>> > 'co-habiting'.
>> >
>> > I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>>
>> No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.
>
> Of co-urse they are.

Oh-oh, here we go.


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"darsy"  wrote in message 
news:53o2f5le645vkmt51rnb6isfjpdhee8cpi@4ax.com...
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:59:29 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>>
>>>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>>>
>>>I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>>
>>Many thanks to all the responses.  I'm now nicely armed for my
>>argument :-)
>
> if you want anything better than "some blokes I know on the internet
> said so", consider these:
>
> * very similar words are not hyphenated e.g. "coincidence"
>
> & crucially
>
> * there is no such word as habiting to be hyphenated to in the first
> place.

But there's a habitat.


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On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:44:41 -0000, "Beav"
 wrote:

>
>"darsy"  wrote in message 
>news:53o2f5le645vkmt51rnb6isfjpdhee8cpi@4ax.com...
>> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:59:29 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>>
>>>On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>>>
>>>>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.
>>>>
>>>>I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>>>
>>>Many thanks to all the responses.  I'm now nicely armed for my
>>>argument :-)
>>
>> if you want anything better than "some blokes I know on the internet
>> said so", consider these:
>>
>> * very similar words are not hyphenated e.g. "coincidence"
>>
>> & crucially
>>
>> * there is no such word as habiting to be hyphenated to in the first
>> place.
>
>But there's a habitat.

yeah, I've been to the one in Hatfield - horrible.
-- 
d.

'Hog wrote:
> Champ wrote:
>> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
>>
>>> Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g.
>>> 'co-habiting'.
>>>
>>> I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>> Many thanks to all the responses.  I'm now nicely armed for my
>> argument :-)
> 
> You are?
> 
> "I know this bunch of reprobates, work shy dole bludgers and darkened 
> room IT nerds, who spend most of their days on the internet, and they 
> agree with me"

Doesn't Champ work in Warwick?
A Warwickshire library ticket gives free access to the online OED
but that's not as definitive as ukrm....

And 'co-worker' has been around since 1643. I thought it was an American 
neologism.

-- 
Eiron.

On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:48:44 +0000, Eiron  wrote:

>> "I know this bunch of reprobates, work shy dole bludgers and darkened 
>> room IT nerds, who spend most of their days on the internet, and they 
>> agree with me"

>Doesn't Champ work in Warwick?

I'm in Cheltenham today, as I'm not officially allowed to drive again
yet <cough>

>A Warwickshire library ticket gives free access to the online OED
>but that's not as definitive as ukrm....

Well, exactly!


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On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:29:50 +0000, ginge 
 wrote in :
> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 +0000, Champ  wrote:
 
>>Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g. 'co-habiting'.

>>I'd like to settle an argument at work...
 
> No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.

	They have a commercial website in the Cocos-Keeling domain?

(Someone once posted on a net-abuse group that they were licensed to do
allocations in the .ck domain.  They decided to go with the uk model, with
two-letter subdomains like the UK -- co.uk, ac.uk -- rather than three
like Australia -- com.au, edu.au.  They didn't realise the mistake until
one of their first customers applied for big.co.ck!)

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On Nov 4, 2:43 pm, "Beav"  wrote:
> "CT"  wrote in message
>
> news:7ld3k8F3dohglU1@mid.individual.net...
>
> > ginge wrote:
>
> >> On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:18:32 퍍, Champ  wrote:
>
> >> > Should the word 'cohabiting' be spelt with a hypen e.g.
> >> > 'co-habiting'.
>
> >> > I'd like to settle an argument at work...
>
> >> No, and anyone that thinks is should is a co-ck.
>
> > Of co-urse they are.
>
> Oh-oh, here we go.

I should co-co

Paul.

darsy wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 14:44:41 -0000, "Beav"
>  wrote:
> 
snip
>> But there's a habitat.
> 
> yeah, I've been to the one in Hatfield - horrible.

yebbut ALL of Hatfield is horrible