Topic: English grammar rule: if you put a hyphen at the end of a word, it means...

Anonymous A started this discussion 6 years ago #92,050

...that you can misspell it on purpose. Example: liddle'

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 4 minutes later[^] [v] #1,045,625

That's not a hyphen

jodi !ariasXXmaE joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 42 seconds later, 4 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,045,626

@previous (B)
it's a hyphen

Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 6 years ago, 13 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,045,631

@1,045,625 (B)
President Trump said it is a hyphen, so it is a hyphen. Stable genius. Thanks.

Anonymous B replied with this 6 years ago, 1 minute later, 19 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,045,632

@1,045,626 (jodi !ariasXXmaE)
@previous (A)
Oh, now I feel dumb

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 37 minutes later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,045,646

Now we need Trump, Matt, and Kimmo to get into an argument about whether liddle' people count as whole people and, if they don't, how many of them are required to use the plural form. (which is either lid-dlae', liddale's, or Lid-dle'zz)

Minichan