Dawn
What are the differences among “goodbye”, “good-bye ” and“good bye” ? In what context to use them?
29 Thg 09 2016 13:57
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"Goodbye" is the accepted spelling according to most dictionaries. The hyphed version is older, but still in wide usage. It should not be two separate words.
29 tháng 9 năm 2016
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They're the same.
29 tháng 9 năm 2016
Write "goodbye." "Goodbye" and "good-bye" are the same. "Good bye" is incorrect. "Good-bye" appears in old books but it's out of date. Sometimes spellings change slowly over time. There has been a trend to uses fewer and fewer hyphens and to spell more and more compound words as single words, without hyphens. The general rule is simple: check a dictionary. An interesting example is the word "cooperate." That's the current, correct spelling. A problem is that it looks as if you'd pronounce "coop-" as one syllable, like the word "coop." In very old books they put a dieresis over the second "o," "coöperate," to show that you pronounce it as two syllables, one of the very rare uses of a diacritical mark in English. Then they began spelling it "co-operate." Finally they dropped the hyphen, and began spelling it as "cooperate," and you just have to know how it is pronounced.
29 tháng 9 năm 2016
Both Peachey and Bud are right. "Goodbye" is the most common, I think.
29 tháng 9 năm 2016
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