Code review comment for lp:~paulbrianstewart/ubuntu/oneiric/gambas2/857834-Missing-Word-Fix

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Paul Stewart (paulbrianstewart) wrote :

> Are you sure about this? In the written English I'm familiar with,
> "database- and network-enabled" is an acceptable and indeed recommended
> shorthand even in formal writing for "database-enabled and
> network-enabled".
>
> Wikipedia describes this usage here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphenation#Suspended_hyphens

Reading the wiki article I think you are correct. Does the Ubuntu style guide use this formatting?

I should have mentioned or tagged this as my opinion, rather than fact.
Thanks
Paul

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