The 6th edition of the Shorter Oxford English dictionary is now available. One change that has been touted: many words now *do not* require hyphens anymore. I dropped by my local bookstore to grab a copy and checked. Hyphenation is something that always bugged me :-D. I was hoping it was time to say goodbye to plug-ins and hello to plugins! Alas, I was wrong. hyphenation wins. Plug-ins will still be hyphenated for the few years to come. See that bad picture taken from the latest edition:
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