Hi, On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 at 15:30, Michel Dänzer <michel.daenzer@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 2025-01-08 18:22, Simona Vetter wrote: > > Maybe I'm wrong, but my understanding is that English generally doesn't do > > compound words connected with dashes, you just line them up with spaces. > > I hope you don't mind me jumping in, three native German speakers discussing English grammar is merrier than just two. :) > > FWIW, LWN writes compound words with spaces when used as nouns ("code in user space"), with dashes when used as adjectives ("user-space code"). I don't know if this is an official / general rule, I'm using it as a guideline though. To the extent that Australian counts as native English: yes, that's exactly the rule. Cheers, Daniel