freeKick then!I would suggest that this is just natural evolution of language.
But I don't care about that really, what I care about is that this just reminded me that there's a whole section on the Wikipedia page on No-balls in cricket titled "Capitalisation convention and grammar"
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JetsetJimbo
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Seems the purpose of hyphens is one of those things that's being forgotten by all but the most pedantic grammarians. Technically, the only time you should see "free kick" hyphenated is when it's used as an adjective before a noun. So "he scored a free-kick goal" is fine (if clunky), but it should be "he scored from a free kick" without a hyphen.
So it's wrong to say it should never be hyphenated, but in most instances it's not used as an adjective so doesn't need hyphenation.
"Freekick" is becoming more common though. I can't say I like it, but I expect over time it'll become the accepted (and therefore correct) form.
So it's wrong to say it should never be hyphenated, but in most instances it's not used as an adjective so doesn't need hyphenation.
"Freekick" is becoming more common though. I can't say I like it, but I expect over time it'll become the accepted (and therefore correct) form.
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I think it's been discussed here before that there is no definition of "stonewall" that applies in the context that it's used in football yet it has become accepted and common. I heard before (don't know if it's true) that it was Alex Ferguson getting his words mixed up that started it - he'd meant to say a penalty decision was a "stone cold certainty" or something, I forget what exactly. It's fascinating to me how language evolves by accident sometimes though.