Subject: Re: What is a better word for "de-duplication"?
From: "Jay Bryant" <jay@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2006 11:00:54 -0500
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> For that I'd probably say "uniquely-valued nodes" or, since I don't
> much like the word "unique" (mainly since it's so commonly abused
> these days to mean "special"), then "distinctly-valued nodes" or
> (when talking in the context, for example, of Muenchian grouping)
> "representative nodes".
However, one shouldn't hyphenate adverbs, so these terms should be "uniquely
valued nodes" or "distinctly valued nodes".
Yes, I know it's a nitpick, but, since it may end up in various printed
articles, let's get it right and make a better impression.
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