Re: 2.19.56 Learning Manual, part 2

[James]

Hello


On 11/03/17 14:34, Knute Snortum wrote:
> > 3.3.4 Modifying context properties
> > ...
> > Similarly, if the property name is mis-spelt...
>
> It looks like misspelt is misspelt!

No, I don't think it is.

Spelt is an acceptable equivalent to the past tense of spell - at least 
in British English (as well as being a very old variety of Wheat) in 
case people were thinking of mis-spelled (which is also OK).

Also the hyphenated mis-spelt vs misspelt is acceptable as well (at 
least in British English) in this case the 'mis-' is a prefix to the 
verb in the past tense and, in my opinion, preferable to the double 'ss' 
version of the non-hyphenated version as it visually conveys the idea 
more clearly.

e.g. Mis-appropriate, Mis-understanding, Mis-apprehend etc. All 
acceptable if unusual.

although I've never seen 'mistake written as 'mis-take' but have also 
never seen 'mistook' either (as opposed to mis-took).

James

P.S. Sky-scraper and news-paper are some more words that have had the 
hyphen dropped from them to make them into a single word.