Tuesday, August 02, 2005

Hyphenated words get new look

Related item: AFP also has a Fundraising Dictionary which which you can read about on the website.

Hyphenated words get new look

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"We run a lot of stories about people and organizations raising money for charitable causes. The AP style used to be: ''fund raising'' (two words as a noun), ''fund-raising'' (hyphenated in other uses) and ''fund-raiser'' (hyphenated for a person or an event). I don't know why.

The new style is one word for all of them: ''fundraising'' in all uses and ''fundraiser.'' Not only is this simpler to remember, it's also consistent with the national Association of Fundraising Professionals. It used to look silly to have it one way for the name of that group and another way for its activities."

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