Poll: Hyphen?

Hyphen?

Cooperate
Co-operate

Votes: 330
Comments: 4
Added: May 2005

Comments:

RonBee - 25th November 2006 06:04
Does the use of a hyphen really prevent confusion in this case?

~R
 
lyfen - 6th April 2007 09:15
can any words use with hyphen ?
 
Lucy - 7th October 2007 21:44
These seem to be two different concepts to me. Cooperate is to work together in any circumstance, and co-operate is when two or more people operate a specific machinery together.
Ex.) The girl and boy cooperated to produce a lovely sand castle.
Ex.) The machine was so complicated to work on that Bill and Mary co-operated it.
 
mikey - 20th January 2008 07:34
I agree. They're two separate words. The hyphen causes you to focus on the word "operate".
 
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