More Thursday spam about compound words
Nov. 20th, 2008 11:13 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
superbadgirlWhat is up with people suddenly splitting compound words? I see it with greater frequency these days.
Somehow becomes some how.
Background becomes back ground.
Bittersweet becomes bitter sweet.
Intact becomes ... oh, wait, that's not a compound word, it's just one people think is and split it up into in tact for reasons I still haven't figured out. Intact is one word!
Believe it or not, putting in a space really does change the meaning sometimes. Or is that some times?
Somehow becomes some how.
Background becomes back ground.
Bittersweet becomes bitter sweet.
Intact becomes ... oh, wait, that's not a compound word, it's just one people think is and split it up into in tact for reasons I still haven't figured out. Intact is one word!
Believe it or not, putting in a space really does change the meaning sometimes. Or is that some times?
