BurtWorm
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Sat Nov-15-03 12:18 AM
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Poll question: Healthcare or health care? |
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Sat Nov-15-03 12:22 AM
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CarlBallard
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Sat Nov-15-03 12:29 AM
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Health care sholdusespaces.
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BurtWorm
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Sat Nov-15-03 12:36 AM
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3. Phew! I was worried that I was the last two-worder in the world! |
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I thought for a second there that it had become uncontroversially oneword. I am so relieved the controversy is not dead.
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Sat Nov-15-03 12:45 AM
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Edited on Sat Nov-15-03 01:02 AM by MountainLaurel
When it's used as a unit modifier, it's one word. In other usage as a full noun, it's two. For example:
The healthcare system in the United States bites the big banana.
The unfortunate family had to sell their prized heirlooms in order to pay for health care.
(Edited because I'm a doofus who cannot string the proper thoughts after 10 pm. Besides, I am no longer an editor, so I really shouldn't care. Hooray for career changes! :party:)
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Sat Nov-15-03 12:55 AM
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5. Except that in "health care premiums," it's used as an adjective. |
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But I get the drift. That makes sense. Like everday and every day. Interesting.
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