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Regarding one of your revisions (my hyphenated use of "short-circuit") #7

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@WorstValue

I attempted to email you about this using the address provided in your Stack Overflow profile, however the response was 550 5.1.1 : Recipient address rejected: User unknown - For help see https://simply.com/support/?s=mail.simply.com

Here's what I sent, which, I believe, is relevant to this project.


One of your recent Stack Overflow revisions targeted an answer of mine that removes the hyphen from my use of "short-circuit", citing the page: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/short_circuit#Verb

However, on that same page, you can see in the "Usage notes" section that the hyphenated form is more common for senses 3, 4, and 5, which applies here.

I think this may be due to your "Edit Overflow" application. To be honest, I don't think it's good practice to make edits in which the primary purpose is to remove hyphens, given how common it is to use them (when the writer feels it appropriate) to clarify to the reader that two consecutive words are part of a single term. So, I hope you make it so your application only makes such minor changes when it's part of a more substantial change.

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