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1. scoot · 1790598455 · focus · HN ↗

   It took me a moment to parse that it's the "smart-home graveyard", not the "smart home-graveyard" that's getting crowded!

   Apparently hyphens seem to have gone out of fashion. Please can we bring them back?

   1. cassianoleal · 1790598876 · focus · HN ↗

      I don't think "smart-home" is a word. I've always seen it written "smart home".

      1. jameshart · 1790599756 · focus · HN ↗

         When you use a compound word like that as an attributive (before-the-noun) adjective it’s common to hyphenate it. Precisely to clarify this kind of situation.

         So the defunct smart-home devices from your smart home end up in the smart-home graveyard.

         Same goes for man-eating lions and high-net-worth individuals.

         1. fg137 · 1790600127 · focus · HN ↗

            Don't expect to see a Verge article written with something like a New Yorker style handbook in mind. It's hard enough for them to get all the facts correct.

            1. jameshart · 1790606977 · focus · HN ↗

               They do claim to have a style guide and employ copy editors: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;transwork.org&#x2F;jobs&#x2F;copy-editor-verge" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;transwork.org&#x2F;jobs&#x2F;copy-editor-verge

               1. fg137 · 1790615687 · focus · HN ↗

                  Their podcast is full of factual errors without correction whatsoever.

                  I&#x27;ll put it this way -- I listen to them for general entertainment but not for information.

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