[Ubuntu-l10n-eng] setup/set-up, plugin/plug-in and login/log-in

[Toby Smithe]

On Sun, 2006-08-27 at 16:28 +1000, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote:
> How should we handle setup/set-up, plugin/plug-in and login/log-in?
> 
> For instance, which of these three sentences would be more correct?
> 
> * "I am going to login to the box."
> * "I am going to log-in to the box."
> * "I am going to log into the box."
> 
> In this context (that of a verb), I would use the third version. Here are the 
> results from three major English dictionaries:
> 
> * Oxford has neither the compound nor hyphenated versions. I believe that they 
> would have us use them as separate words (i.e. "set up", "plug in" and "log 
> in").
> * Cambridge has both "plugin" and "plug-in", as well as "set-up", but only as 
> nouns.
> * Chambers has "set-up", but only as a noun.
> 
> Based on this information, I think we should use hyphenated versions 
> (e.g. "log-in") for nouns and separate words (e.g. "log in") for verbs.
> 

Definately. Also in "setup", the stress comes on the "set"; whereas, in
"set up" the stress falls on "up". This scans better to me: putting more
emphasis on the object.