No one or no one

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What is the deal with the hypgen in the word "no-one". If I look at

http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/no one

it states;

no one
pronoun (ALSO nobody)
no person:
- At first I thought there was no one in the room.
- "Who was that on the phone?" "No one you would know."
- I'd like to go to the concert but no one else (= no other person) wants to.
- No-one told me she was ill.

Why does the last example have a hyphen?, or is it optional in all cases?
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[CajunCenturion]

I don't know why the last example has a hyphen. As far as I know, there is no hyphen, nor should there ever be a hyphen in 'no one'.

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[Ed2020]

CajunCenturion is correct. "No one" should not be hyphenated.

Ed Metcalfe.

Please do not feed the trolls.....

 

[donbott]

Right-on!

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[Sympology]

Actually

It can be used in No-One as a syllable break, as it is used to break two o's

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[Ladyazh]

Ed2020,
when you say 'do not feed the trolls?' do you mean no one?

 

[CajunCenturion]

==> It can be used in No-One as a syllable break,
Except that 'no one' is not a two-syllable word; it's two separate one syllable words.

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[SilentAiche]

"No one" should not be hyphenated

Did we not discuss double negatives previously already before now?


aside...
Ladyazh, he meant [blue]"Pleas do not feed the trolls, but dollars do."[/blue]

It was a political InterStatement. No, wait. That's "Please feed the tolls."

Okay, now I'm confused. Hell, I'm not a non-Roads Scholar. Twould be, er, pathalogical

Tim, yonderish...



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[Ladyazh]

How do you always do this SilentAiche ???

 

[CorBlimeyLimey]

Shhh! ... I think it's the ... ... medicAichen he's Silently taking.

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[drlex]

I was taught by an 1950's English Grammar book to use a hyphen and have always considered the hyphen in 'no-one' to be a replacement for the apostrophe that would result from losing the 't' in contracting 'not one', used in the meaning of 'not one person'. The use or non-use therefore might be either a UK:US difference or an accepted although archaic alternative.

soi la, soi carré

 

[Sympology]

drlex,
now that could open up a can of worms....
I belive that should be a dash not a hyphen, the two are different...em's and en's and all that...

Only the truly stupid believe they know everything.
Stu.. 2004

 

[Dagon]

All the dictionaries I've consulted say you can have either "no one" or "no-one". I've always preferred "no-one" because it can't get confused in phrases like "There is no one person to whom this job can be entrusted" (although I accept it might be better to use something like "single" there). Maybe we should just use "nobody" and then there is no debate.

 

[SilentAiche]

"Lack of a hyphen means No One is a Virginian...

Of course, if a hundred meet her dash, ninety-nine have no-one to blame but their word-books...

er, boB



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[AnotherHiggins]

bob, you used a smily in your post?!?

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[SilentAiche]

anotherhiggins,

I did, I did! I've been waitin' for you to notice!

I looked back and someone (CBL, I think, but I could be wrong) instructed me on how to insert smilies, etc... Before, when using NetScape, I had to click/drag a smilie.. sometimes, it just opened up a new window.

When I re-read what CBL said, it was suddenly clear.

It should have been apparent to begin with.

Perhaps, if I'd been brighter, Dad would have called me Sun, instead of his solar perplexis...

miT



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[Ronster]

Why is "someone" one word and "no~one" two words?


Ronster

 

[Grenage]

I think they both stem from "somebody" and "nobody", which are both one word.


Carlsberg don't run I.T departments, but if they did they'd probably be more fun.

 

[Dagon]

Why is "someone" one word and "no~one" two words?

I think "noone" would be confusing and would get pronounced like "noon".

 

[KenCunningham]

As in Peter of Herman's Hermits 'fame'.

I don't mind people who aren't what they seem. I just wish they'd make their mind up.