Hi
Am 09.01.25 um 16:45 schrieb Daniel Stone:
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.
Thanks! My understanding is that words are right associative by default.
So "user space code" means 'user (space code)'. The dash makes it left
associative, hence "user-space code".
Best regards
Thomas
Cheers,
Daniel
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