Using hyphens

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Do you know how or why hyphens were first used in English?
 

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The Oxford University Press style guide says that you 'will go mad' if you take them seriously. ;-)
 

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tdol said:
The Oxford University Press style guide says that you 'will go mad' if you take them seriously. ;-)

Why does it say it? Because hyphens are difficult or hyphens have a quite long history? :)
 
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