To hyphen or not

From: Christina Zarcadoolas (Christina_Zarcadoolas@brown.edu)
Date: Mon Aug 27 2001 - 09:52:40 EDT


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At 08:29 AM 8/27/01 -0400, you wrote:
Re hypthens

In most  field testing of text I have done with low literate readers 
hypthenated words are hard to read - they get mis cued ( should that be 
hypthenated btw?) Simple truth is for low lit readers relying on the visual 
"wholeness" of a word, hyphens are an obstacle to the form of the word.

just my two-cent thought
:)

Chris

Christina Zarcadoolas, PhD
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