Spelling of (a)sexuality-related terms

[everywhere and nowhere]

I am curious about how do other people's opinions and habits compare with mine.

[Iam9man]

I guess in British English it’s technically “sex-positive” (adjective) and “sex aversion” (noun), but thinking about it I don’t think I’ve ever hyphenated either 🤔

[Forest Spirit]

Hyphens are everything♥️

Though I change between hyphenated and non-hyphenated in English and use it in many places where you wouldn't actually do so...

Capitalisation in English is weird, that's all I have to say about that

[everywhere and nowhere]

41 minutes ago, Iam9man said:

I guess in British English it’s technically “sex-positive” (adjective) and “sex aversion” (noun), but thinking about it I don’t think I’ve ever hyphenated either 🤔

I too consider these foms the most correct, but I have seen different spellings.

[VibeN]

I put - between the words because otherwise my brain thinks it's two different things that have nothing to do with each other.

[Morays]

1 hour ago, Iam9man said:

I guess in British English it’s technically “sex-positive” (adjective) and “sex aversion” (noun), but thinking about it I don’t think I’ve ever hyphenated either 🤔

As far as I'm aware, this is technically correct in American English as well -- and I work as an editor and proofreader, so I spend far too much time thinking about these things!

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, SocialMorays said:

As far as I'm aware, this is technically correct in American English as well -- and I work as an editor and proofreader, so I spend far too much time thinking about these things!

As an amateur grammar-geek, I'm in agreement 😉

[Red Ivy]

Though I understand that using a hyphen makes it grammatically correct, I usually can't be bothered to expend the extra effort since the key is kind of out of the way on a common keyboard and the phrases still make sense without it.

[Skycaptain]

I tend to hyphenate 

[GingerRose]

I giveth no shites

[iff]

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